Question

One number is four less than three times another. If their sum is increased by five, the result is twenty five. Find the numbers

Answer 1

let the first number be x and other be y.
according to ques, we get,
x= 3y-4 and
x+y+5=25
x=20-y
keeping this value in first equation,
20-y=3y-4
24=4y
y=6
x=14