document.write( "Question 431784: PLEASE HELP!!! I have tried a lot of different ways to set this problem up. I am stuck and I have a test tomorrow! Please help me! It is a story problem. The problem is:
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document.write( "One number is 4 times another. Their product is 4 times their sum. Find the numbers
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Algebra.Com's Answer #299570 by sudhanshu_kmr(1152)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! \n" ); document.write( "Assume one number is x and another is 4x.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x*4x = 4(x + 4x)\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "=> 4x^2 = 20x\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "=> 4x^2 - 20x = 0\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "=> 4x(x -5) =0\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "so, x = 0 or x= 5\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "numbers are 5 and 20.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |