SOLUTION: The product of two whole numbers is 90. One number is 2.5 times as great as the other. What are the two numbers?

Question 826650: The product of two whole numbers is 90. One number is 2.5 times as great as the other. What are the two numbers?
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

let two numbers be and
if the product of two whole numbers is , then we have
........eq.1

if one number (let it be ) is times as great as the other (let it be ), then we have
..........eq.2
now solve the system:
........eq.1
..........eq.2
________________________
........eq.1.............substitute from eq.2
........solve for

or
now find
=> =>
or
=> =>

so, your numbers are
and
or
and

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