SOLUTION: The difference between two numbers is 67. Three times the smaller number plus five times the larger number is 239. what is the equation?
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Question 650160: The difference between two numbers is 67. Three times the smaller number plus five times the larger number is 239. what is the equation?
Answer by unlockmath(1688) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hello,
We can set up two equations:
Let x be the smaller number and y the larger number.
y-x=67
3x+5y=239
From these the value of x & y can be found by substitution.
Make sense?
RJ
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