Thank you for posting your question!
first you want to translate these word problems into a set of equations that you can use to solve for the values of the variables. Based on the information in the question that would be
5x – 6 = 500
y = 3x
solving the first expression for “x” yields
5x = 506
x = 101.2
then if you plug that value into the other expression you can solve for “y”:
y = 3(101.2) = 303.6
so the two numbers that meet the criteria of this question would be 101.2 and 303.6
I hope that helps! Feel free to reach out via message for a lesson if you have any additional questions beyond that! :)
