SOLUTION: The sum of two numbers is -216. One number is five times the other. What are the numbers?
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Question 336530: The sum of two numbers is -216. One number is five times the other. What are the numbers?
Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x+y=-216
y=5x
.
x+5x=-216
6x=-216
x=-36
y=-180
.
Ed
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