SOLUTION: One number is four times another number. the larger number is also 87 more than the smaller number. what are the numbers?

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Question 498392: One number is four times another number. the larger number is also 87 more than the smaller number. what are the numbers?
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Let represent the smaller number. Then:



Solve for , then calculate

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