SOLUTION: The different between two numbers is 15. When twice the smaller number is subtracted from three times the larger number, the difference is 58. What is the larger number?
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Question 401327: The different between two numbers is 15. When twice the smaller number is subtracted from three times the larger number, the difference is 58. What is the larger number?
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"The different between two numbers is 15. When twice the smaller number is subtracted from three times the larger number, the difference is 58. What is the larger number?"
x = larger number
x - 15 = smaller number
3x - 2(x - 15) = 58 {twice the smaller is subtracted from three times the larger}
3x - 2x + 30 = 58 {used distributive property with -2}
x + 30 = 58 {combined like terms}
x = 28 "larger number" {subtracted 30 from both sides}
x - 15 = 13 "smaller number" {substituted 28, for x, into x - 15}
larger number is 28
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