SOLUTION: The sum of two numbers is 120. If one of the numbers is four times the other, find the smaller number.
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Question 1193662: The sum of two numbers is 120. If one of the numbers is four times the other, find the smaller number.
Answer by greenestamps(13198) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the smaller number be x; then the larger number is 4x.
Their sum is 120:
x+4x=120
Solve using basic algebra....
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