SOLUTION: The difference between two positive integers is 34. One integer is three times as great as the other. Find the integers

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Question 507664: The difference between two positive integers is 34. One integer is three times as great as the other. Find the integers
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let the two integers be X and Y.
1.Y-X=34
2.Y=3%2AX
Subsitute eq. 2 into eq. 1,
Y-X=34
3%2AX-X=34
2X=34
X=17
Then from eq. 2,
Y=3%2A17
Y=51