SOLUTION: One number is five more than another and their sum is three less than three times the smaller. Find the numbers.
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I DID FIVE MORE THAN ANOTHER MEANS: 5X
AND THREE LESS T
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I DID FIVE MORE THAN ANOTHER MEANS: 5X
AND THREE LESS T
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Question 577129: One number is five more than another and their sum is three less than three times the smaller. Find the numbers.
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I DID FIVE MORE THAN ANOTHER MEANS: 5X
AND THREE LESS THAN THREE TIMES THE SMALLER MEANS:3-3X
5X=3-3X
+3 +3
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8X=3
DIVIDE BY 8 ON EACH SIDE
I GOT X=3/8
BUT I BELIEVE THIS SOLUTION IS INCORRECT IF U COULD WOULD YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN HOW TO FIGURE OUT THE EQUATION ITS HARD FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND JUST WORDS I SEEM TO CONFUSE MYSELF PLEASE HELP THANKS LOTS!
BRITTANY! Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
Let's begin with the fact that all caps is shouting and therefore both annoying and rude. Please don't apologize or make excuses; just stop doing it.
means 5 times x. So, if x were, say, 6, then by your logic 5 more than 6 would be 30. You and I both know that 5 more than 6 is 11, right? 5 more than x must be .
means less than which is actually the additive inverse of the quantity described in the problem. You want
Add to both sides:
Add to both sides:
Multiply both sides by
Check your answer:
5 more than 4 is 9. 3 times 4 is 12 and 3 less than that is 9. 9 = 9: Answer checks.
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
