SOLUTION: i think of two numbers, the first number plus three times the second number is 1, the first minus three times the second is 19, find the numbers.

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Question 1115441: i think of two numbers, the first number plus three times the second number is 1, the first minus three times the second is 19, find the numbers.
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i think of two numbers, the first number plus three times the second number is 1, the first minus three times the second is 19, find the numbers.
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Call the 1st number m, the 2nd n.
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n + 3m = 1
n - 3m = 19
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