SOLUTION: one number is four times another number. the greater of the two numbers is 20 less than three times the difference between he two numbers. find the numbers.
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Question 369313: one number is four times another number. the greater of the two numbers is 20 less than three times the difference between he two numbers. find the numbers. Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! let one number be x
the other number is 4x
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4x= 3(4x-x)-20
4x= 3*3x-20
4x=9x-20
5x = 20
/5
x= 4
the otrher number is 4x = 4*4 =16
4,16 are the numbers
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