Question

The sum of two numbers is 450. The larger number is 50 more than three times the smaller

number. What are the two numbers?

Answer 1

Answer: 100 and 350

Explanation:

Let x be the smaller one.

Based on the second statement,
`3x + 50` is the larger one.

`x + 3x + 50 = 4x + 50 = 450; x = 100`

Based on that, the larger one is 450 - 100 = 350