Question 173888: The sum of two numbers is 15. Three times one of the numbers is 11 less than five times the other. Find the numbers. Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! let a and b be the two numbers
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a+b=15....eq 1
3a=5b-11..eq 2
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re write eq 1 to a=15-b and take a's value of 15-b and plug it into eq 2
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3(15-b)=5b-11
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45-3b=5b-11
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8b=56
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