SOLUTION: A quarter of sum of two numbers is 16 and three times the diffence between the numbers is 30

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Question 745623: A quarter of sum of two numbers is 16 and three times the diffence between the numbers is 30
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A quarter of sum of two numbers is 16 and three times the diffence between the numbers is 30.
Let,
x - one number
y - the other
A quarter of sum of two numbers is 16:
three times the differences between the numbers is 30:
so, and
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Solve:


Any system of equations:


has solution

or



(x=37, y=27}

Therefore the two numbers are 37 and 27
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