SOLUTION: One number is 3 more than 4 times another. Their sum is 33. Find the two numbers

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Question 666508: One number is 3 more than 4 times another. Their sum is 33. Find the two numbers
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Let x be the first number. Let y be the second number.
Then x = 4y+3
y + 4y+3 = 33
5y = 33
5y = 30
y = 6
x = 4(6)+3 = 27
27 and 6 are the numbers.