SOLUTION: The product of two positive numbers is. 5/6 and their quotient is 15/8. Calculate the numbers.

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Question 1045026: The product of two positive numbers is. 5/6 and their quotient is 15/8. Calculate
the numbers.
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The product of two positive numbers is. 5/6 and their quotient is 15/8. Calculate the numbers.
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Let "x" and y" be the two numbers.

We have

xy = 5%2F6,       (1)   and
x%2Fy = 15%2F8.      (2)

Multiply (1) and (2) (both sdes). You will get

x%5E2 = %285%2A15%29%2F%286%2A8%29 = 25%2F16.

Hence,  x = +/- 5%2F4.

Next, divide (1) by (2) (both sides). You will get

y%5E2 = 5%2F6 : 15%2F8 = %285%2A8%29%2F%286%2A15%29 = 4%2F9.

Hence, y = +/- 2%2F3.

Answer. There are two solutions: (x,y) = (5%2F4,2%2F3)  and  (x,y) = (-5%2F4,-2%2F3).

        // We should exclude the second solution, since the numbers are negative.


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The product of two positive numbers is. 5/6 and their quotient is 15/8. Calculate
the numbers.
Numbers: highlight_green%28matrix%281%2C3%2C+2%2F3%2C+and%2C+5%2F4%29%29