Number outcome

Question

the larger of two numbers is 16 more than the smaller.When added together their sum id 6 less than three times the smaller what are the numbers

Answer 1

Why not begin by representing the smaller number as x; then the larger number is x+16, right?

 

Now convert the second (run-on) sentence to an equation: x + x+16 = 3x - 6.

 

Do you understand the equation immediately above?  After agreeing (please study it), then solve for x.