One number is 4 more than 3 times another. Four times the larger decreased by 5 times the smaller is equal to the smaller subtracted from 32. Find the numbers.

Answer 1

x = 3y + 4

4x - 5y = 32 - y

Substitute 3y+4 for x in the second equation and solve for y. Insert that value into the first equation to solve for x. Check by putting both values into the second equation.