WoahhBro4788 WoahhBro4788
  • 03-01-2018
  • Mathematics
contestada

The sum of two numbers is 1. three times the larger number plus two times the smaller number is 18. find the numbers

Respuesta :

kritter1
kritter1 kritter1
  • 03-01-2018
Let x be the larger number and y be the smaller number; 

x+y=1 <--- x=1-y 

3x+2y=18 

3(1-y)+2y=18 
3-3y+2y=18 
-y=18-3 
-y=15
y=-15 

x+y=1 
x-15=1 
x=1+15 
x=16 

Hope I helped :) 
Answer Link

Otras preguntas

where is the bathroom in French?
To counteract the apparent distortions of perspective in the Parthenon, the architects who designed it actually created a(n) ___ illusion.
+ 66. Write the correct answer in each box Q x = i )
What do gradualism and punctuated equilibrium have in common?
The leading feminist in America in the nineteenth century was A. Susan [AS]B. Anthony. B. Jane Austen. C. Emmeline Pankhurst. D. Mary Wollstonecraft.
What is the name for a triangular-shaped deposit of sand and soil at the mouth of some rivers? A. delta B. beach C. sediment D. depression
What is the role of DNA in determining an organisms trait?
A ship is traveling around the outside rim of an island surveying a good place to land. If it is 10 miles from a lighthouse at the center of the island and 45°
dna is a polymer consisting of repeating units known as
The approach of the early American juvenile court is best described as Paternalistic Adversarial Maternalistic Due process-oriented