Question

The sum of two numbers is 48. One number is times as large as the other. What are the numbers?

Answer 1

your missing something in your question

Answer 2

The sum of two numbers is what ?

Answer 3

48/3=16 16 and 2*16=32

Answer 4

Hmm let one number be n and other 2n
Sum:
n+2n=3n=48;
can you solve it now?

Answer 5

x + y = 48 (the sum of two numbers is 48)
x = 2y (one number is twice as large as the other number)

now sub 2y in for x...
x + y = 48
2y + y = 48
3y = 48
y = 48/3
y = 16

now sub 16 in for y
x = 2y
x = 2(16)
x = 32

check...
x + y = 48
32 + 16 = 48
48 = 48 (correct)

your two numbers are 16 and 32