Astudent expressed the sum of 2 whole numbers as 5 times (8+3).what are the 2 whole numbers?

Well if the two numbers are equal to 5x(8+3).

Lets say that these two numbers are X and Y,

So that would be X + Y = 5(8+3)

which means X + Y = 55

You could write that as a fuctions Y = 55 - X

Now by using the graph you get and the X values of [0,55] ( This means every value from 0 to 55 ), you will get a X and Y value that if you added up together will give you the value of 8(5+33)

An examples for the answers would be

(0,55) (1,54) (2,53) (3,52) (4,51) (5,50) (6,49) ... it goes on until x reaches 55.

To figure this out we need to plug in the numbers. If the end numbers on both sides equal each other it is the solution.

x = 8 & y = 5

5(8) - 4(5) = 20
40 - 20 = 20
20 = 20

3(5) = 2(8) + 1
15 = 16 + 1
15 = 17

As you can tell the first equation makes sense so that is the solution.