SOLUTION: The sum of two numbers is 98. If one number is six times the other, find the two numbers.
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Question 644524: The sum of two numbers is 98. If one number is six times the other, find the two numbers.
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
"The sum of two numbers is 98" ---> x+y = 98
"If one number is six times the other" ----> y = 6x
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x+y = 98
x+6x = 98
7x = 98
x = 98/7
x = 14
y = 6x
y = 6*14
y = 84
So the two numbers are 14 and 84
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