Problema Solution

One number is three times another, and four times the smaller added to five times the greater amount to133 ;find them?

Answer provided by our tutors

let 'x' and 'y' be the numbers and x>y thus


x = 3y (one number is three times another)


four times the smaller added to five times the greater amount to 133


5x + 4y = 133


by solving the system of equations


x = 3y

5x + 4y = 133


we find


x = 21


y = 7


the numbers are 21 and 7.