SOLUTION: one number is twenty eight more than three times another number. if each number were multiplied by four, their difference would be 232. what are the numbers?

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Question 860007: one number is twenty eight more than three times another number. if each number were multiplied by four, their difference would be 232. what are the numbers?
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) About Me  (Show Source):
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x = 3y + 28
4x - 4y = 232 ---> x - y = 58

Substitute the first equation into the second equation.

3y + 28 - y = 58
2y = 30
y = 15

The numbers are x = 73 and y = 15.