Problema Solution

The sum of two numbers is 26. The first number is 3/4 of the second number. What are the numbers?

Answer provided by our tutors

Let 'x' and 'y' stand for the two numbers. Then,


x+y=26

x=3/4y


Using Algebrator to solve for 'x' and 'y', we get:

x=11.14

y=14.86