SOLUTION: A number is three times another number. When the numbers are added, their sum is 60. What are the two numbers?
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Question 421728: A number is three times another number. When the numbers are added, their sum is 60. What are the two numbers?
Answer by Adrish(44) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Solutions: Let one number be "x"
and the another number be "3x"
when these two numbers are added, their sum is 60
x+3x=60
4x=60
x=60/4
x=15
Therefore the numbers are x=15
and 3x=3(15)=45
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