The difference between two numbers is 12. Four times the larger number decreased by 25 equals 48 increased by 3 times the smaller number. Find the numbers.

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The difference between two numbers is 12.  Three times the larger number is seven times the smaller.  What are the two numbers? 

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JEEW-M  | CERTIFIED EDUCATOR

Let us say the two numbers are x and y and x>y.

The data we have are;

Difference between the numbers are 12.

3 times larger number is equal to 7 times smaller number.

Then we can write;

 (1)

 (2)

From (1) we can say 

Then substituting  to (2) gives;





      

        

Then;





x = central angle apc = measure of minor arc ac

the two angles x and 30 add to 180, so x+30 = 180 and x = 180-30 = 150. the measure of minor arc ac is 150 degrees.

what we need to do from here is find the circumference and then multiply it by x/360 since there are 360 degrees in a circle. in this case, x = 150, so x/360 = 150/360 = 15/36 = 5/12. the shortest distance along the curve from a to c is 5/12 of the distance around the entire circle (aka circumference)

c = circumference

c = pi*d

c = pi*24

c = 24pi

now multiply this by 5/12 to get

distance along minor arc ac = (5/12)*(circumference)

distance along minor arc ac = (5/12)*(24pi)

distance along minor arc ac = 10pi

the formula you can use is

l = (x/360)*pi*d

with

l = length of minor arc

x = central angle

d = diameter

which essentially is the steps we took though a bit differently.