document.write( "Question 651422: One positive number is one-fifth of another number. The difference between the two numbers is 216, find the numbers.
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Let one number be x and the other number= y
\n" ); document.write( " y= (1/5)*x ....(1)
\n" ); document.write( " x-y = 216 ....(2)
\n" ); document.write( "Substitute the value of y in equation 2
\n" ); document.write( " x - x/5 = 216
\n" ); document.write( " 4x/5 = 216
\n" ); document.write( " x/5 = 54
\n" ); document.write( " x =54*5 = 270
\n" ); document.write( " y= x/5
\n" ); document.write( " y= 270/5
\n" ); document.write( " y= 54
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