SOLUTION: "What are the missing numbers? This first of two numbers is 9 more than the second. Three times the first number is equal to 7 more than 5 times the second."
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Question 378386: "What are the missing numbers? This first of two numbers is 9 more than the second. Three times the first number is equal to 7 more than 5 times the second." Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! "What are the missing numbers?
The first of two numbers is 9 more than the second.
Three times the first number is equal to 7 more than 5 times the second."
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1st: x
2nd: y
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Equations:
x = y+9
3x= 5y+7
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Substitute for "x" and solve for "y":
3(y+9) = 5y+7
3y+27 = 5y+7
2y = 20
y = 10
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Since x = y+9, x = 19
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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