SOLUTION: one number is 5 times another the sum of the number is 96 what are the two numbers?

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Question 470898: one number is 5 times another the sum of the number is 96 what are the two numbers?
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Hi,

one number is 5 times another 

Let x and 5x representthe numbers

Question states***

  x+ 5x = 96

   6x = 96

    x = 16, the other number is 80  (5*16)  AND  16 + 80 = 96