document.write( "Question 80685: one number is 5 more than another number. Four times the larger number plus 3 times the smaller is 97. Find the numbers. \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #57843 by praseenakos@yahoo.com(507)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! QUESTION:\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "one number is 5 more than another number. Four times the larger number plus 3 times the smaller is 97. Find the numbers.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "ANSWER:\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Assume that one number is = x\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Then the other number is = x + 5\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Here the larger number is x + 5\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Four times the larger number is = 4(x+5)\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Here the smaller number is = x\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Three times the smaller number is = 3x\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Four times the larger number plus 3 times the smaller is = 97\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "==> 4(x+5) + 3x = 97\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "==> 4x + 20 + 3x = 97\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "==> 4x+ 3x + 20 = 97\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "==> 7x + 20 = 97\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "subtract 20 from both sides of the equation\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "==> 7x + 20 - 20 = 97 -20\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "==> 7x = 77\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Divide both sides of the equation by 7\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "==> 7x/7 = 77/7\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "==> x = 11.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So the first number is 11\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Then the other number, which is 5 more than that of first = 11+ 5= 16\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The second number is 16.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "To check the answers....it is given that...Four times the larger number plus 3 times the smaller is 97\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "That is 4*16 + 3*11 = 64 + 33 = 97.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "That is our answer is correct.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Hope you understood.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Regards.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Praseena.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |