SOLUTION: One positive number is four times another number. If half the smaller number is added to the larger number, the result is 18. What are the numbers?
Also how did you solve it, plea
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Question 311970: One positive number is four times another number. If half the smaller number is added to the larger number, the result is 18. What are the numbers?
Also how did you solve it, please show equations
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let one number be x
the other number = 4x
.
x/2 + 4x=18
LCM =2
x+8x / 2 =18
9x=36
x=4
The other number will be 4x = 4*4 =16
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