SOLUTION: Find two numbers whose sum is 65 and such that one is 4 times as large as the other. (We will call the two numbers and .)

Question 177449: Find two numbers whose sum is 65 and such that one is 4 times as large as the other.
(We will call the two numbers and .)

Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
ok, lets call the 2 numbers a and b
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Find two numbers whose sum is 65 and such that one is 4 times as large as the other.
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a+b=65.....eq 1
a=4b.......eq 2
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take the value of a, which is 4b, from eq 2 and plug it into eq 1
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4b+b=65
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5b=65
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