SOLUTION: One number is five less than three times another. If their sum is increased by four, the result is twenty-three. Find the numbers.

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Question 1095884: One number is five less than three times another. If their sum is increased by four, the result is twenty-three. Find the numbers.
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) About Me  (Show Source):
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one number = x
other number = y

y = 3x - 5
x + y + 4 = 23

Plug in the expression for y.

x + 3x - 5 + 4 = 23
4x = 24
x = 6

The numbers are 6 and 13.