document.write( "Question 947991: One positive number is 5 times another number. The difference between the two numbers is 188.Find the numbers. (Enter your answers as a comma-separated list.) \n" ); document.write( "

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$\"A=5B\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"A-B=188\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Substituting,
\n" ); document.write( " $\"5B-B=188\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"4B=188\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"B=47\"$
\n" ); document.write( "So then,
\n" ); document.write( " $\"A=5%2847%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"A=235\"$ \n" ); document.write( "

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