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The sum of two numbers is 84 one number is three times the other find the numbers

The sum of two numbers is 84 one number is three times the other find the numbers
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The sum of two numbers is 84 one number is three times the other find the numbers

User Wim Ten Brink
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it is 63 and 21 because 21x3=63
User Bhanu Sinha
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x + y = 84
x = 3y

Plug in 3y for x

(3y) + y = 84
4y = 84
4y/4 = 84/4
y = 21

x = 3y
x = 3(21)
x = 63

x = 63, y = 21

hope this helps
User Faris Muhammed
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