SOLUTION: the sum of two numbers is 198. if one number is 20% more than the other number, what are the numbers?
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Question 255691: the sum of two numbers is 198. if one number is 20% more than the other number, what are the numbers?
Answer by EMStelley(208) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let's call one number x and the other number y. Then from the first sentence we have
The second sentence tells us that
If we substitute 1.2y for x in the original equation we get
So one number is 90, and the other must be 108.
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