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Question 402570: A number is three times another number. When the numbers are added togeather they equal 60. What are the numbers?
Answer by algebrahouse.com(1659)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! "A number is three times another number. When the numbers are added togeather they equal 60. What are the numbers?"
x = one number
3x = other number {one number is three times another}
x + 3x = 60 {when they are added together, they equal 60}
4x = 60 {combined like terms}
x = 15 one number {divided both sides by 4}
3x = 45 other number {substituted 15 for x, into 3x}
therefore, 15 and 45 are the two numbers
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