SOLUTION: One number is four times another number. The greater of the two numbers is 20 less than three times the difference between the two numbers. Find the numbers.
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Question 366069: One number is four times another number. The greater of the two numbers is 20 less than three times the difference between the two numbers. Find the numbers. Answer by CharlesG2(834) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! One number is four times another number. The greater of the two numbers is 20 less than three times the difference between the two numbers. Find the numbers.
let 4x be one number
let x be the other number
3(4x - x) - 20 = 4x
3 * 3x - 20 = 4x
9x - 20 = 4x
9x - 4x = 20
5x = 20
x = 4
4x = 16
the 2 numbers are 4 and 16
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