Question

The sum of two numbers is 28. The first number is 7 more than twice the second number. Let a represent the first number. Let b represent the second number. What is the second number? Use the table to guess and check. Two Numbers a b a + b = 28 Check a = 2 b + 7

Answer 1

Let’s solve this problem step by step. Since a + b = 28 and a = 2b + 7, we can substitute the value of a in the first equation to get 2b + 7 + b = 28. Solving for b, we get 3b + 7 = 28, which means 3b = 21 and b = 7. So, the second number is 7.