Question

Four times a number minus twice another number is -16. The sum of the two numbers is -1. Find the numbers

Answer 1

Answer:

2 and -3

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the numbers be x and y ∴ 4x -2y =-16......................Eqn 1

and x+y=-1.................................Eqn 2

this ⇒x=-1-y. Substitute the value of x to be=-1 -y and putting in Eqn 1 yields the following 4(-1-y)-2y =-16 0r -4-4y-2y=-16

⇒-4-6y=-16 0r =-6y=-12 ∴y is 2

⇒ and x is -3