SOLUTION: One positive number is three times another positive number. The sum of the two positives numbers is 36. Find the two numbers.

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Question 919551: One positive number is three times another positive number. The sum of the two positives numbers is 36. Find the two numbers.
Found 3 solutions by rfer, stanbon, MathLover1:
Answer by rfer(16322)   (Show Source):
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x+3x=36
4x=36
x=36/4
x=9
3x=27

Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source):
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One positive number is three times another positive number. The sum of the two positives numbers is 36. Find the two numbers.
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Equation:
x = 3y
x + y = 36
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Substitute for "x" and solve for "y"::
3y + y = 36
4y = 36
y = 9
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x = 3y = 27
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Cheers,
Stan
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Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source):
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let positive numbers be and
if is three times we have:
.............eq.1
if the sum of the and is , we have:
........eq.2
solve the system:
.............eq.1...substitute in eq.2
........eq.2
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........eq.2...solve for

go back to eq.1 and find
.............eq.1

so, your positive numbers are: and