document.write( "Question 110858: One positive number is 5 times another number. The difference between the two numbers is 124, find the numbers. \n" ); document.write( "
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Let one of the numbers be x. You are told that the other number is 5 times x or 5x. The
\n" ); document.write( "difference between the numbers is 5x - x which equals 4x. But you are also told that this
\n" ); document.write( "difference between the two numbers is 124. So we have two values for the difference in
\n" ); document.write( "the numbers and in equation form this can be written as:
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\n" ); document.write( "4x = 124
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\n" ); document.write( "Solve for x by dividing both sides by 4 (which is the multiplier of the x) to get:
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\n" ); document.write( "x = 124/4 = 31
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\n" ); document.write( "You now know that the smaller of the two numbers is 31. Five times this smaller number gives
\n" ); document.write( "you the larger number. Therefore, the larger number is 5 * 31 = 155.
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\n" ); document.write( "You can check these two numbers by subtracting them and finding that the difference is:
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\n" ); document.write( "155 - 31 = 124
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\n" ); document.write( "This difference in the numbers agrees with the value provided in the problem ... so our answer
\n" ); document.write( "is correct ... the two numbers are 31 and 155.
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\n" ); document.write( "Hope this helps you to understand the problem and how to work toward getting the answer.
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