SOLUTION: One number is 3 less than twice another number. If the sum of the numbers is 330, find the two numbers. I cannot figure this out. I always come up 3 short on the answer.

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Question 124572: One number is 3 less than twice another number. If the sum of the numbers is 330, find the two numbers. I cannot figure this out. I always come up 3 short on the answer.
Answer by checkley71(8403) About Me  (Show Source):
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X=2Y-3 THIS SAYS THAT X IS 3 LESS THAN TWICE Y.
X+Y=330
(2Y-3)+Y=330
2Y-3+Y=330
3Y=330+3
3Y=333
Y=333/3
Y=111 ANSWER FOR THE SMALLER NUMBER.
X=2*111-3
X=222-3
X=219 ANSWER.
PROOF
111+219=330
330=330