document.write( "Question 1008654: You have two unknown numbers. The two numbers add to 111 and one number is eleven more than three times the other. What is the larger number \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #624247 by fractalier(6550)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Call the numbers x and y. Then we have \n" ); document.write( "x + y = 111 \n" ); document.write( "and \n" ); document.write( "x = 3y + 11 \n" ); document.write( "Substitute that into the first equation and get \n" ); document.write( "3y + 11 + y = 111 \n" ); document.write( "4y + 11 = 111 \n" ); document.write( "4y = 100 \n" ); document.write( "y = 25 \n" ); document.write( "x = 111-x = 86 \n" ); document.write( " |