word problem

Question

The difference between two numbers is 30. Three times the smaller is equal to 6 more than the larger. What are the numbers?

Answer 1

x and x+30  are the numbers

3x=x+30+6

3x=x+36

3x-x=36

2x=36

x=36/2

x=18

x+30=48

18 and 48 are the numbers