document.write( "Question 1095884: One number is five less than three times another. If their sum is increased by four, the result is twenty-three. Find the numbers. \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #802406 by CubeyThePenguin(3113)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! one number = x \n" ); document.write( "other number = y\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "y = 3x - 5 \n" ); document.write( "x + y + 4 = 23\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Plug in the expression for y.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x + 3x - 5 + 4 = 23 \n" ); document.write( "4x = 24 \n" ); document.write( "x = 6\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The numbers are 6 and 13. \n" ); document.write( " |