SOLUTION: The product od two numbers is six times their difference. If one of the numbers is 3. What is the other?

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Question 944456: The product od two numbers is six times their difference. If one of the numbers is 3. What is the other?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let the other number be X.
If X%3E3,
3X=6%28X-3%29
3X=6X-18
-3X=-18
X=6
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If X%3C3,
3X=6%283-X%29
3X=18-6X
9X=18
X=2