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The difference between two numbers is 12. Three times the larger number is seven times the smaller. What are the two numbers?
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Let us say the two numbers are x and y and x>y.
The data we have are;
Difference between the numbers are 12.
3 times larger number is equal to 7 times smaller number.
Then we can write;
 ----(1)
 ----(2)
From (1) we can say 
Then substituting  to (2) gives;




Then;


Answer:
Answer is x= 15
Step-by-step explanation:
(3x+18)+(8x-3)=180
11x+15=180
11x=165
x=15
Answer:
The maximum amount that Lydia can spend on a one-bedroom apartment is $ 1,750.
Step-by-step explanation:
Given that Lydia makes $ 7,000 per month in New York City at her interior design company, and that she can't spend more than 25% of her income on the one bedroom apartment, to determine the maximum amount of money that she can spend must be made the following calculation:
7,000 x 0.25 = X
1,750 = X
Thus, the maximum amount that Lydia can spend on a one-bedroom apartment is $ 1,750.
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