SOLUTION: findtwo pairs of positive numbers satisfying 7x-2y=38,and such that one number is three times the other

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Question 329798: findtwo pairs of positive numbers satisfying 7x-2y=38,and such that one number is three times the other
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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1.7x-2y=38
2.y=3x
Substituting eq. 2 into eq. 1,
7x-2%283x%29=38
7x-6x=38
highlight%28x=38%29
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y=3%2838%29
highlight%28y=114%29