document.write( "Question 370952: The difference of 2 numbers is 16. Four times the smaller number is 13 less than 3 times the larger. What are the numbers? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #264326 by neatmath(302) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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Let x be the larger number. Then the smaller number is (x-16).
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"4%2A%28x-16%29%2B13=3x\"$ given
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"4x-64%2B13=3x\"$
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"4x-3x=64-13\"$
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "If the larger number is 51, the smaller number is 35.
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