SOLUTION: One positive number is one-fifth of another number. The difference between the two numbers is 216, find the numbers.
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Question 651422: One positive number is one-fifth of another number. The difference between the two numbers is 216, find the numbers.
Answer by shweta(56) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let one number be x and the other number= y
y= (1/5)*x ....(1)
x-y = 216 ....(2)
Substitute the value of y in equation 2
x - x/5 = 216
4x/5 = 216
x/5 = 54
x =54*5 = 270
y= x/5
y= 270/5
y= 54
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