4) If the sum of two numbers is 64, and the larger number is 3 less than 3 times the
smaller number. Find the smaller number.

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Hawwa

Answer:

19

i hope this is the correct answer.

From the equation, the smaller number is 67/4.

What is an equation?

An equation is a formula that expresses the equality of two expressions, by connecting them with the equals sign =.

Let x = smaller number and

y = bigger number

Then we can formulate an equation

x +y = 64 and y = 3x-3

Substituting y into

x+y = 64, we get the equation

[tex]x + 3x -3 = 64\\\\4x = 67\\\\x = \frac{67}{4}[/tex]

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