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Question 654600: Hi! I need some help. Sorry for the trouble. My question is:
A number is four times another number. Six times the smaller number plus half of the larger number equals 212. Find the numbers.
I tried to solve it myself but I couldn't. I thought that since the larger number is four times the smaller number, and six times the smaller number plus half the larger equals 212, then 8 times the smaller number would be 212. So the smaller number is 26.5. This means that the larger number is 106. Half of 106 is 53. 26.5 times 6 is 159. 159 plus 53 is 212. But, for some reason, my answers don't match the answer key at the back of my book. Am I doing something wrong? And if so, what?
Thank you in advance, whoever you are for reading this problem and trying to solve it!
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source):
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Hi,
Best to Set it Up and Solve it Algebraicly
A number is four times another number.
Six times the smaller number plus half of the larger number equals 212
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|| , Substituting for y...

x = 212/8 = 26.5 and y = 106
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