SOLUTION: If the product of two positive numbers is 16, and the bigger number is 8 times the smaller number, what are the numbers?

Question 380595: If the product of two positive numbers is 16, and the bigger number is 8 times the smaller number, what are the numbers?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!



Hi,

Let x and 8x represent the numbers

Question states

 x * 8x = 16

  x^2 *8 = 16

  x^2 = 2  Question states these are positive numbers, 

therefore negative solution for x is tossed out

   x = , the smaller number.  Larger number is  

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