Question

1. One number added to three times another number is 24. Five times the first num

three times the other number is 36. Find the numbers.

Answer 1

Let x equal the one number.

Let y equal the other number.

x + 3y = 24

5x +3y = 36

Subtract the first equation from the second equation.

4x = 12

x = 3

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