Hi,

the ratio of two numbers is 12:15 and their difference is 21 

what are the numbers?  Let  and  represent the numbers

    15x - 12x = 21

           3x = 21

            x = 7,   Numbers are 84 and 105

CHECKING our answer***

   105 - 84 = 21 

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