One number is 3 1 3 larger than the other. The tripled sum of these numbers is 133.What is the largest number?

Question

One number is 3 1 3 larger than the other. The tripled sum of these numbers is 133.What is the largest number?

Answer 1

If I understand your notation correctly, we can say

 

x = smaller number; then x + 31/3= larger number

 

So 3(x + x + 31/3) = 133

 

expanding, 3x + 3x + 10 = 133

 

6x = 123

x = 20.5 the smaller number

x + 3.33 = 23.83 the larger number

 

Proof: (20.5 x 3) + (23.83 x 3) = 61.5 + 71.49 = 132.99