document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=935505>Question 935505</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The sum of two numbers is 100. If one number is four times the other find the numbers? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #568733 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Horlaye><B>Horlaye(27)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-07.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Horlaye><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Horlaye><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=568733\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let the two numbers be a and b respectively<BR>\n" );
document.write( "    From the 1st sentence<BR>\n" );
document.write( "       a+b = 100.......(1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "    From the 2nd sentence<BR>\n" );
document.write( "       a = 4(b)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "       a = 4b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "       a-4b = 0...........(2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( " Eliminate equation (2) from equation (1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "     5b = 100<BR>\n" );
document.write( "      b = 100/5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "      b = 20<BR>\n" );
document.write( " Substitute b = 20 in equation (2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "   a-4b = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "   a-4(20) = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "   a-80 = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "   a = 80<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Since a and b represented the two numbers<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Therefore the numbers are 80 and 20 </SPAN>\n" );
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