document.write( "Question 393685: If one number is 4 times another, and their product is 4 times their sum, what are the two numbers needed for the solution? I came up with this formula, but something is missing: x=one number and 4x + x = the other
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document.write( "Hi
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document.write( "Letting x and 4x represent the numbers..good work.
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document.write( "Writing as we Read, important to get the words into a written equation***
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document.write( " product = 4 times their sum
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document.write( "  x(4x)   = 4(x + 4x)   |may be tendency to over think w/o writing while reading
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document.write( " 4x^2 -20x = 0
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document.write( "  4x(x-5) = 0  x = 0 and x = 5  |tossing out x = 0 
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document.write( "   x = 5, the other numbers is 20   (4*5)
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document.write( "CHECKING our Answer***
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document.write( "  100 = 4*25 \n" );
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