STATEMENT 1: SUFFICIENT
Prompt says:
4x=7y
Or, 4x-7y=0....(1)
Statement 1: x+4y=23....(2)
Here, (1)TWO EQUATIONS & TWO VARIABLES
(2) BOTH EQUATIONS ARE THE SAME EQUATION.
So, I can easily find out the individual value of x and y.
If I have individual value of x and y, I can easily figure out anything with unknown variriable of x and y.
Thus, I can easily find out the value of 3x +5y.
STATEMENT 2:
Y= 4
[NB: ODD POWER DOESN'T CHANGE THE POSITIVE/NEGATIVE NATURE OF INPUT (BASE) AND OUTPUT (RESULT)]
Now the prompt (4x=7y) becomes (4x=7*4) "ONE EQUATION WITH ONE UNKNOWN VARIRIABLE" from which the value of unknown variriable can be found without calculation.
Now, I have individual value of x and y. So, I can easily figure out anything with unknown variriable of x and y.
Thus, I can easily find out the value of 3x +5y.
So. THERE IS NO NEED TO CALCULATION.
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