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The sum of two numbers is 30. The first number is 1/5 of the second number. What are the​ numbers?
What is the smaller of the two​ numbers?
What is the larg
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The sum of two numbers is 30. The first number is 1/5 of the second number. What are the numbers?
What is the smaller of the two numbers?
What is the larger number of the two numbers?
Please show me the step by step, that's how I understand the equations.
Thanks Betty
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
numbers are x and y
x=(1/5)y
x+y=30
but x=(1/5)y
(1/5)y+y=30
y=(5/5)y
(6/5)y=30
multiply everything by (5/6)
y=30(5/6)=25
x=(1/5)*25=5
the larger number is 25
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