SOLUTION: (Please help me with this question?) The sum of two numbers is 3. Four times the larger number plus three times the smaller number is 25. Find the numbers. The larger number is

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Question 843809: (Please help me with this question?)
The sum of two numbers is 3. Four times the larger number plus three times the smaller number is 25. Find the numbers.
The larger number is___?
and the smaller number is___?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a+b=3,
4b+3a=25
a = -13, b = 16