Question 984053
Hard to know where y fits being the smaller.
y and some other, x.
The product description: {{{xy=3x}}}, if y were the smaller number.  This already brings very sharply how x and y are related.  


{{{xy=3x}}}
{{{(1/x)xy=(1/x)3x}}}
{{{highlight(y=3)}}}


First sentence:  try both ways.
{{{x=-1+2y}}}  OR  {{{y=-1+2x}}};


Already we have a value for y, and were given {{{y<x}}}.
{{{x=-1+2*3}}}
{{{x=-1+6}}}
{{{highlight(x=5)}}}


Those values should be good, and the system was
{{{highlight(system(xy=3x,x=-1+2y))}}}.


Would the other equation work?
{{{y+1=2x}}}
{{{x=(y+1)/2}}}
{{{x=(3+1)/2}}}
{{{x=2}}}------------No.  This does not work.  We were given that {{{y<x}}} and we do not allow {{{3<2}}}.