Ask Question
29 November, 23:15

Three times a number is subtracted from another number and the difference is 3. The sum of the two numbers is 31. What is the smaller of the two numbers?

+3
Answers (1)
  1. 30 November, 00:53
    0
    Using the equations y-3x=3 and x+y=31 you can find that x=7 and y=24. There for x is the smaller of the two numbers.
Know the Answer?
Not Sure About the Answer?
Find an answer to your question ✅ “Three times a number is subtracted from another number and the difference is 3. The sum of the two numbers is 31. What is the smaller of ...” in 📘 Mathematics if you're in doubt about the correctness of the answers or there's no answer, then try to use the smart search and find answers to the similar questions.
Search for Other Answers