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Question 1147932: One counting number is 4 times as great as a second counting number. The product of the two numbers is 36. What is the sum of the two numbers?
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One counting number is 4 times as great as a second counting number. The product of the two numbers is 36. What is the sum of the two numbers?
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If n is one of the numbers, the other is 4n.
etc.

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