Homework Help: math

Posted by tony on Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at 9:59pm.

can someone help me on this question
ive been stuck on it for almost an hour

The mean of two numbers is 5. The sum of four times one number and three times the other number is 2. Find the numbers.

can u help me get start it by giving me the formula

please and thank you

math - bobpursley, Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at 10:19pm
10= N+M

4N+3M=2

from the first, N= 10-M
then
4(10-M)+3M=2
solve for M first.
math - tony, Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at 10:30pm
why 10=N+M???
math - tony, Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at 10:37pm
thank you

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