SOLUTION: One number is 5 times another number and their sum is -60. What is the lesser of the two numbers?
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Question 196987: One number is 5 times another number and their sum is -60. What is the lesser of the two numbers?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x represent the smaller number. Then 5x represents the larger number, and:
Just solve for x.
John
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