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Savatey [412]
3 years ago
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A positive number is 5 less than 3 times another. The sum of the smaller number and 4 times the larger is 97. Find the smaller n

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Mathematics
1 answer:
Gre4nikov [31]3 years ago
5 0

Answer:

  9

Step-by-step explanation:

The first sentence of the problem can be interpreted two ways. The way that makes the second sentence work out correctly is ...

  'a larger number is 5 less than 3 times a smaller number'

Using x for the smaller number, the two equations that can be written are ...

  • 3x -y = 5
  • x +4y = 97

Adding 4 times the first equation to the second, we get ...

  4(3x -y) + (x +4y) = 4(5) +(97)

  13x = 117 . . . . . simplify

  x = 9 . . . . . . . . divide by 13

The smaller number is 9.

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