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?
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Let x represent the smaller number. Then 5x represents the larger number, and:



Just solve for x.


John