SOLUTION: One number is 2/3 of another number. The sum of the numbers is 25. Find the two numbers.

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Question 867966: One number is 2/3 of another number. The sum of the numbers is 25. Find the two numbers.
Answer by ramkikk66(644)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
One nu7mber is 2/3 of another number. The sum of the numbers is 25. Find the two numbers. 

Let one number be x
Then the other number is 
Sum =  = 
i.e.  or 

So one number is  and the other number is  = 

Sum is 15 + 10 = 25. Correct :)

Hope you got it!

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