document.write( "Question 194658: The sum of two numbers is 13. The larger number is 1 more than 3 times the smaller number. What are the numbers? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #146037 by Mathtut(3670) ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! let the numbers by a and b \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "a+b=13.........eq 1 \n" ); document.write( "a=3b+1.........eq 2 so th larger number is a \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "take a's value from eq 2 and plug it into eq 1 \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "3b+1+b=13 \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "4b=12 \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "b=3 \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "a=3b+1=3(3)+1=10 \n" ); document.write( " |