SOLUTION: One number is 3 more than 4 times another. If the sum of the two numbers is 43, find the two number.

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Question 1006939: One number is 3 more than 4 times another. If the sum of the two numbers is 43, find the two number.
Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
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Call the numbers x and y. Then we have
x = 4y + 3 and
x + y = 43
Substitute the first into the second equations and get
4y + 3 + y = 43
5y + 3 = 43
5y = 40
y = 8
x is then 35.