Question

3. Set up an equation for the following cases:
(a) Siya says she has sold three more than twice the number of tickets sold by Timmy. Together
they have sold 39 tickets.
(b) If 5 is subtracted from a number and the difference is multiplied by 6, the result is 6 more than
two times the number.
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Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

(a) let siya be x

and timmy be y

3x=2Xy

3x=2y

3x-2y=39

(b) let one no. be x

and another be y

x-5=6(x-5)