SOLUTION: One positive number is 3 times another number the difference between the two is 46 find the numbers

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Question 1019061: One positive number is 3 times another number the difference between the two is 46 find the numbers
Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let us call the numbers x and y. Then we write
x = 3y and
x - y = 46
Now substitute the first into the second and get
3y - y = 46
2y = 46
y = 23
x = 3(23) = 69
The numbers are 69 and 23.