SOLUTION: one positive number is 5 times another number, the difference between the two numbers is 556

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Question 857218: one positive number is 5 times another number, the difference between the two numbers is 556
Answer by mananth(16946)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If one number is x then other is 5x
5x-x=456
4x=556
x= 556/4
x=139
5x= 139*5 = 695
the numbers are 139 & 695

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