SOLUTION: One number is 7 times another number, if their difference is 28, find the smaller of the 2 numbers.
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Question 1181765: One number is 7 times another number, if their difference is 28, find the smaller of the 2 numbers.
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let greater number be and smaller number
One number is times another number, then
....eq.1
if their difference is , then
.....eq.2...substitute from eq.1
the smaller of the 2 numbers is
then , so the greater number is
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