SOLUTION: Two numbers total to 19. Find the two numbers if three times the larger one plus four times the smaller one equals 60.

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Question 728220: Two numbers total to 19. Find the two numbers if three times the larger one plus four times the smaller one equals 60.
Answer by ohtheirony(35) About Me  (Show Source):
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You should write a system of equations to solve the problem:
x+y=19
3x+4y=60


-3(x+y=19) becomes -3x-3y=-57


-3x-3y=-57
3x+4y=60
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y=3


Put y back into an equation:
x+y=19
x+3=19
x=16