SOLUTION: one number is five times a second number. The sum of the two numbers is 36. Find the numbers
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Question 786046: one number is five times a second number. The sum of the two numbers is 36. Find the numbers
Answer by harpazo(655) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let a be first number
Let b be the second number
a = 5b
a + b = 36
This is a system of linear equations in two variables.
Can you finish?
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