SOLUTION: One number is five times larger than another. The difference of the numbers is 72. Find the numbers.
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Question 350699: One number is five times larger than another. The difference of the numbers is 72. Find the numbers.
Answer by jjordan95(63) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
X will be our first number, y will be our second.
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<--- Plug in 5X for Y
<--- Combine like terms
<--- Divide both sides by 4 to isolate X
<--- Answer for X
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Since ,
<--- Plug 18 in for x
<--- solve for Y
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