letstmstudent1 letstmstudent1
  • 03-03-2017
  • Mathematics
contestada

One number is 16 more than a second number. The sum of the first number and twice the second number is 139. What is the answer ?

Respuesta :

rarrininger
rarrininger rarrininger
  • 03-03-2017
Answer first number  = 57  second number = 41
x= 16 + y
x + 2y = 139

16+ y + 2y =139
16 + 3y =139
16-16 +3y = 139-16
3y = 123
3/3y = 123/3
y= 41

x= 16+y
x = 16+41
x= 57
Answer Link

Otras preguntas

A baseball stadium offers tickets with different prices, depending on the location of the seats. if it increases the prices of all tickets by $30, what will hap
Where did Rome get its name?
Which of the following statements concerning the sample size of an experiment is not accurate
Plz help solve If x = 2, solve for y. y=42x A.44 B.21 C.1/21 D.84
how is a scientific theory developed?
How do the isotopes hydrogen-1 and hydrogen-2 differ?
What's 1/3 times 31 equal
hich word group is a complete sentence?   A. Birds nest in the tree.   B. An old barn with a tractor inside.   C. Six inches of water in the basement
10 is 40% of what number
Why does santiago try to get the marlin in close to the boat? ~The Old Man and the Sea