If the sum of two numbers is 20 and one of those numbers is three times the other, what is the smaller number?

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Mazyrski [523]4 years ago

8 0

X = smaller number
y = bigger number

y = 3x

x+y = 20
x+3x = 20
4x = 20
x = 5

The smaller number is 5.

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Simultaneous Linear Equations could be solved by using several methods such as :

<em>Elimination Method</em>
<em>Substitution Method</em>
<em>Graph Method</em>

If we have two linear equations with 2 variables x and y , then we need to find the value of x and y that satisfying the two equations simultaneously.

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