...numbers is twelve ; and if twice the greater be added to the less, the sum will be nineteen. What are the numbers ? Let x — the greater number, and y = the smaller number. (1.) By a condition of the question, . 2z-j~y:= 19. (2.) By another condition, . zjy = 12. (3.) Subtracting...

...three, and the sum of four times the greater added to three times the less is twenty-six. What are the numbers? Let x ;= the greater number, and y = the smaller number. (1.) By a condition of the question, . . . .x — y = 3. (2.) By another condition, 4 z -f~ 8 y —...

...fourteen, and the difference between four times the greater and twice the less is twenty-six. What are the numbers ? Let x =: the greater number, and y = the smaller number. (1.) By one condition of the question, . x-\-y^-\4.. (2.) By another condition, 4z — 2y=2G. (3.)...

...38, and the result divided by the greater of the two numbers, the quotient is 2 and the remainder 2. Find the numbers. Let x = the greater number, and y = the smaller number. Then 5^ = 4, and x From the solution of these equations x = 47, and y - 11. Let x = number of dollars A...

...38, and the result divided by the greater of the two numbers, the quotient is 2 and the remainder 2. Find the numbers. Let x = the greater number, and y - the smaller number. Then ^-^ = 4, У + 38-2 „ and x From the solution of these equations x = 47, and у = 11. Let x = number of dollars...

...38, and the result divided by the greater of the two numbers, the quotient is 2 and the remainder 2. Find the numbers. Let x = the greater number, and y — the smaller number. Then ÍÜZ-? _ 4, and From the solution of these equations, x = 47 and y = 11. Let x = number of dollars...

...38, and the result divided by the greater of the two numbers, the quotient is 2 and the remainder 2. Find the numbers. Let x = the greater number, and y = the smaller number. Then ^ = 4 У , ж + « + 38 — 2 and y — . — = 2 x From the solution of these equations, x = 47 and y =...

...numbers is divided by the greater, the quotient is 0.21 and the remainder 0.0057 ; but if the greater is divided by the smaller, the quotient is 4 and the remainder 0.742. What are the numbers ? 6. Seven years ago the age of a father was four times that of his son...

...5x = 500. ... x = 100, and 124 - x = 24. 3. The difference of two numbers is 49, and if the greater is divided by the smaller, the quotient is 4 and the remainder 4. Find the numbers. Let x = the greater number. Then x — 49 = the smaller number. x -49 x-4 = 4x-196...

...number is divided by twice the smaller, the quotient is 11 and the remainder 4. Find the numbers. 5. If the greater of two numbers is divided by the smaller, the quotient is 4 and the remainder 0.87; but if the smaller is divided by the greater, the quotient is 0.23 and the remainder 0.0149....