SOLUTION: The difference of 2 numbers is 16. Four times the smaller number is 13 less than 3 times the larger. What are the numbers?
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Question 370952
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The difference of 2 numbers is 16. Four times the smaller number is 13 less than 3 times the larger. What are the numbers?
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Let x be the larger number. Then the smaller number is (x-16).
Then we have:
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If the larger number is 51, the smaller number is 35.
I hope this helps!