SOLUTION: The sum of two numbers is 277. Four times the smaller number plus thirty-two is the larger number. What are the two numbers?

Question 898071: The sum of two numbers is 277. Four times the smaller number plus thirty-two is the larger number. What are the two numbers?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The sum of two numbers is 277. Four times the smaller number plus thirty-two is the larger number. What are the two numbers?
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Equations:
x + y = 277
4x + 32 = y
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Substitute for "y" and solve for "x"::
x + 4x + 32 = 277
5x = 245
x = 49
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Solve for "y":
y = 4x + 32
x = 4*49 + 32 = 228
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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