Question

One number is 15 times greater than another number. If five times the larger number minus twice the smaller number is 73, what are the numbers?​

Answer 1

Answer:

let x and y be the numbers

according to the question,

x-y=15—(1)

5x-2y=3—(2)

solving (1) and (2) we get,

x=-9,y=-24 are the two numbers.