Question

The sum of two numbers is 36. One number is 3 times as large as the other. What are the numbers?
Larger number:
Smaller number: 1

Answer 1

Answer:

9 or 27

Step-by-step explanation:

4x = 36

x = 36/4

x = 9

The small number is 9 and the bigger number is 3 times 9 or 27.