SOLUTION: Find two numbers given that their sum is 48 and the smaller number is equal to 1/5 of the larger number. The answer at the back of the book is 40,8.

Question 1002871: Find two numbers given that their sum is 48 and the smaller number is equal to 1/5 of the larger number.
The answer at the back of the book is 40,8.
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Find two numbers given that their sum is 48 and the smaller number is equal to 1/5 of the larger number.

let one number be x
other be y (x>y)
x+y =48...................(1)
y= (1/5) x
5y=x
x+y =48
substitute x
5y+y =48
6y=48
y =8
Now x+y =48
x+8=48
x=40
40, 8

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