Question 814172: 2 people have 56 items total but one of them has 6 times more than the other. how many items does the other one end up with? Found 2 solutions by TimothyLamb, luke94:Answer by TimothyLamb(4379) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! a + b = 56
a = 6b
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a + b = 56
6b + b = 56
7b = 56
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b = 8
a = 48
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! trial and error till you get two numbers that total 56, providing one of the numbers is 6times more then the number..
your two number anyways are 8 and 48
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