Math, asked by stela1, 1 year ago

seperate 178 into 2 parts so that the 1 part is 8 less than twice the2nd part

Answers

Answered by mysticd
3
let one part=x
second part=2x-8
sum of the two parts =178
x+2x-8=178
3x=178+8
3x=186
x=186/3
x=62
therefore
one part=x=62
Second part =2x-8=2*62-8=124-8=116
Similar questions