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Three times a number is subtracted from another number and the difference is 3.  The sum of  the two numbers is 31.  What is the smaller of the two numbers?

Three times a number is subtracted from another number and the difference is 3.  The sum of  the two numbers is 31.  What is the smaller of the two numbers?
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Three times a number is subtracted from another number and the difference is 3.  The sum of  the two numbers is 31.  What is the smaller of the two numbers?

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Using the equations y-3x=3 and x+y=31 you can find that x=7 and y=24. There for x is the smaller of the two numbers.
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