SOLUTION: One number is 1 more than 2 times another. Their product is 7 more than 3 times their sum. Find the numbers. Answer in the form of paired points with the lowest of the two integers
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Question 802170: One number is 1 more than 2 times another. Their product is 7 more than 3 times their sum. Find the numbers. Answer in the form of paired points with the lowest of the two integers first. Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The only tough part is in translating into symbols. The arithmetic steps from there are simple.
x and y, the two numbers. .__________________ .
Simplest path appears to be, substitute for y into the second equation, and solve for x. Use the result to find the value for y. You will get a quadratic equation when you do the first substitution.
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