Question 417874
The sum of two numbers is ten. Three times the larger number is three less than eight times the smaller number. What is the smaller number?
Equations:
x: larger
y: smaller
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x + y = 10
3x = 8y-3
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Substitute for "x" and solve for "y":
3(10-y) = 8y - 3
30 -3y = 8y - 3
11y = 33
y = 3 (smaller)
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x = 10-y = 7 (larger)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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