Question

please solve this statement question in maths?
1.divide 60 into two parts such that three times the smaller part may exceed 100 by as much as 9 times bigger Falls short of 200?

Answer 1

3x+100+9x-200=60
11x-200=60
11x=60+200
11x=260
x=260/11
x=23.64

Answer 2

3x+100+9x-200=60
11x-100=60
11x=60+100
11x=160
x=160/11
x=14.54