SOLUTION: one number is two-thirds of another. their sum is 60? what are the two numbers?
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Question 483085: one number is two-thirds of another. their sum is 60? what are the two numbers?
Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let one number be and another
given:
....1
......2
------------------------solve this system
......2...replace with from equation 1
....both sides multiply by
now find
....1...plug in value
check:
......2.
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