SOLUTION: Kim is thinking of 2 numbers. The quotient is 4 and the difference is 27. What are the 2 numbers? Kylie and Ellie played basketball. Kylie scored half as many points as Ellie.

Question 163449: Kim is thinking of 2 numbers. The quotient is 4 and the difference is 27. What are the 2 numbers?

Kylie and Ellie played basketball. Kylie scored half as many points as Ellie.
Together they scored 27 points. How many did each player score?
Answer by jojo14344(1513) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Kim is thinking of 2 numbers. The quotient is 4 and the difference is 27. What are the 2 numbers?
ANSWER:

1st condition: , cross multiply

-----> --->

Go back to the condition to check,

, get LCD
--->

, oks!
Therefore, ; see above highlighted
Kylie and Ellie played basketball. Kylie scored half as many points as Ellie.
Together they scored 27 points. How many did each player score?
ANSWER:
=score of Ellie
=score of Kylie
Total score=
Then, , EQN 1
, get LCD
, cross multiply

---------------> score of Ellie
----------> score of Kylie
Check via EQN 1,
, oks!
Thank you,
Jojo
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