SOLUTION: Four less than five times a number is tweleve more than another number. Three times the first number less twice the second number is eight. Find the numbers

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: Four less than five times a number is tweleve more than another number. Three times the first number less twice the second number is eight. Find the numbers This question is from textbook Algebra 1

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A number: x

Five times a number: 5x

Four less than five times a number: 5x - 4

Is: "="

Another number: y

Twelve more than another number: y + 12

So:



The first number: x

Three times the first number: 3x

The second number: y

Twice the second number: 2y

Three times the first number less the second number: 3x - 2y

Is eight: = 8

So:



Solve the two-variable, two-equation linear system:





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