HELP: Use a system of linear equations to solve the following riddle:

The difference of two numbers is 12.

Number x is 3 more than 4 times number y.

Number x is greater than the number y.

What are the two numbers?

A) x - y = 12

B) x = 4y +3 or x - 4y = 3

A) x - y = 12

B) x - 4y = 3

We subtract B) from A)

3y = 9

y = 3

A) x -y = 12

x - 3 = 12

x = 15

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$53.50

step-by-step explanation:

you have to subtract the amount of money chuck earned ($72.50) by the cost of the gas for the mower ($11.25) and the new string for the trimmer he bought ($7.75).

72.50-11.25=61.25

and then subtract $61.25 by the second thing he bought (the new string for the trimmer)

61.25-7.75=53.5

so in total it's $53.50 (53 dollars and 50 cents)

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