The difference of two numbers is 5. The sum of three times the larger number and twice the smaller number is 30. What is the smaller number?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5

C. 3

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the larger number be denoted by x.

Let the smaller number be denoted by y.

Given the following parameters;

............equation 1

.........equation 2

From equation 1;

.........equation 3

Substituting equation 3 into equation 2, we have;

5y = 15

Divide both sides by 5;

y = 15/5

y = 3.

Substituting the value of y into equation 3, we have;

x = 5 + 3 = 8.

Therefore, the value of the smaller number is 3 and the larger number is 8.

mr. graef told us it is 13 pints

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we cannot know this, because the other students could have handed out 10 flyers, or they could have handed out 100. one way, the mean would go up, and another way, the mean would go down.