One number is two less than three times another number. Three times the larger number is four more than eight times the smaller number. What are the numbers?

Solución

Solución

The numbers : 28, 10

Pasos de solución

Represent the numbers with

x and y

number 1 : x

number 2 : y

A.T.Q.:

x = 3 y - 2

3 x = 4 + 8 y

x = 3 y - 2, 3 x = 4 + 8 y : x = 28, y = 10

The numbers : 28, 10

Ejemplos populares

if 4/7 of a number is 140, what is the number 2 plus a number One number added to three times another number is 24 . Five times the number added to three times the other number is 36 . Find the numbers.Calculate the amount of money Gregory had to deposit in an investment fund growing at an interest rate of 2.50% compounded annually, to provide his daughter with 14,500 at the end of every year, for 3 years, throughout undergraduate studies.The radio of a circle is 17 m. Find its area in terms of pi.