Write and solve a system of linear equations: The larger of two numbers is 18 more than 5 times the smaller. If 3 times the larger number is increased by 4 times the smaller, the result is 16.
Find the numbers by solving algebraically. Show your work including the equations.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the numbers be l and s.

We have equations:

Solve for s by substituting l into the second equation:

Find the value of l:

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step-by-step explanation:

if the four friends split the cost, p, of the pizza evenly, then each friend pays one-fourth of the cost of the pizza.

the expression is   or  

step-by-step explanation:

a child is 12 years old, and his father is 32 years older. in how many years will the age of the father be 2 times the age of the child?

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this needs to be the answer format, or else your answer is incomplete.

if the number of years is x, then the equation is

in __ years