Question 973540: A quarter of the sum of two numbers is 16 and three times the difference between the number is 30.Calculate the value of the two numbers Answer by amarjeeth123(570) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let the numbers be x and y.
Then we have 1/4(x+y)=16
x+y=64............equation 1
We also have 3(x-y)=30
x-y=10............equation 2
Adding equations 1 and 2 we get,
2x=74
x=37
y=27
The numbers are 37 and 27 respectively.
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