the larger of 2 numberd is more than three times the smaller number is the sum of the numbers is 49 find the numbers

Answer 1

Let N= larger number and M=smaller number ... N+M=49 and N=3M solving for M=49/4 and N=3*49/4. However these numbers are not integers with M=12.25 and N=36.75. Since actually N>=3M, let N =37 and M=12.