document.write( "Question 380595: If the product of two positive numbers is 16, and the bigger number is 8 times the smaller number, what are the numbers? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Let x and 8x represent the numbers
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document.write( "Question states
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document.write( " x * 8x = 16
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document.write( "  x^2 *8 = 16
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document.write( "  x^2 = 2  Question states these are positive numbers, 
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document.write( "therefore negative solution for x is tossed out
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document.write( "   x = , the smaller number.  Larger number is  \n" );
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