Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
"Two times one number added to three times a second number is 21.
2x + 3y = 21
"The second number is ten less than five times the first number"
y = 5x-10
Substitution
2x+3(5x-10) = 21
2x + 15x - 30 = 21
17x = 51
x = 3
y = 5x-10 = 5
Answer is 73 because blah blah blah blah
The sum of 5 times a number and -8:
5x - 8 = y
