One number is greater than 3 times the other number by 3. Four times the smaller exceed the greater by 2. Find the number ?
Answers
Answered by
12
smaller number = b
greater number = a
a = 3b + 3
a - 3b = 3 ..........(1)
a = 4b - 2
a - 4b = -2 ..............(2)
(1) - (2)
a - 3b - a + 4b = 3 - (-2)
b = 5
a = 3b + 3 = 15 + 3 = 18
So numbers are 5, 18
Similar questions