SOLUTION: one number is five times another number. if the two numbers total 36, find the numbers.

Question 921744: one number is five times another number. if the two numbers total 36, find the numbers.
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

let numbers be and ;
if number is five times number ,then
......eq.1
and if the ........eq.2, then we have to solve system
......eq.1
........eq.2
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........eq.2..substitute from eq.1

now, back to eq.1 and find
......eq.1

so, your numbers are: and

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