SOLUTION: Separate the number 92 into two parts. When one part is divided by the other part, the result is 4 with a remainder of 2. What is the fraction formed by the two parts?

Question 1079323: Separate the number 92 into two parts. When one part is divided by the other part, the result is 4 with a remainder of 2. What is the fraction formed by the two parts?
Answer by KMST(5328) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let and be the two parts with
We know that
, because both parts add up to .
and that
, because when y is divided by x,
the result is 4 with a remainder of 2.
We solve the system made by those 2 linear equations
by substituting for y in .

The fractions and are formed by the two parts,
but maybe they mean to consider only the proper fraction
(the one that is less than 1).
That is .
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