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Question 1009386: the sum of numbers is 260. One number is 9 times as big as the other . What is the bigger number
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let bigger number be and smaller number
if the sum of numbers is , we have
.........eq.1
if one number is times as big as the other,we have
..........eq.2 substitute it in eq.1
.........eq.1...solve for
->the smaller number
then,
..........eq.2
->the bigger number
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