Question

The larger of two number is 15 more than three times the smaller number if the sum of the two numbers is 63 find The numbers

Answer 1

The two numbers are 12 and 51.

EXPLANATION

To solve this, I did 63-15, to get 48.

I then divided this by 4, to get the first number, which is 12.

To find the second answer, I multiplied 12 by 3, which is 36, and then added the 15 back on, to get 51.

51 + 12 = 63