SOLUTION: the sum of two numbers is 21.3/4 of one of the numbers added to 2/3 of the other gives a sum of 15. Find the two numbers.

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Question 1097676: the sum of two numbers is 21.3/4 of one of the numbers added to 2/3 of the other gives a sum of 15. Find the two numbers.

Found 2 solutions by rfer, MathTherapy:
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source):
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x+y=21
3/4x+2/3y=15
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y=21-x
3/4x+2/3(21-x)=15
3/4x+14-2/3x=15
9/12x-8/12x=15-14
1/12x=1
x=(1/1)/(1/12)
x=1/1*12/1
x=12
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3/4*12+2/3y=15
9+2/3y=15
2/3y=15-9
y=6/(2/3)
y=6*3/2
y=9
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x+y=21
12+9=21

Answer by MathTherapy(10552) (Show Source):
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the sum of two numbers is 21.3/4 of one of the numbers added to 2/3 of the other gives a sum of 15. Find the two numbers.

Let the number multiplied by , be F
Then the number multiplied by is: 21 � F
We then get:

9F + 168 � 8F = 180 -------- Multiplying by LCD, 12
9F � 8F = 180 � 168
F, or number multiplied by is:
Number multiplied by is: