SOLUTION: The sum of two numbers is eight. Using y to represent the smaller number, translate "three times the larger number" into a variable expression and then simplify.

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Question 1151790: The sum of two numbers is eight. Using y to represent the smaller number, translate "three times the larger number" into a variable expression and then simplify.
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Let y = smaller number.

Then, since the sum of the two numbers is 8, the larger number is 8-y.

Then "three times the larger number" is 3(8-y).

Simplify using the distributive property: 3(8-y) = 24-3y.