SOLUTION: A positive number is six times another, the difference between the two is 115. What is the number?
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Question 1019092: A positive number is six times another, the difference between the two is 115. What is the number?
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Call the numbers x and y. We can write
x = 6y and
x - y = 115
Now substitute and get
6y - y = 115
5y = 115
y = 23
x = 6(23) = 138
The number you want is 138.
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