SOLUTION: Find two numbers whose sum is 65 and such that one is 4 times as large as the other.

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Question 176339: Find two numbers whose sum is 65 and such that one is 4 times as large as the other.

Answer by user_dude2008(1862) About Me  (Show Source):
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"whose sum is 65" ------> x+y=65


"one is 4 times as large as the other" -------> x=4y


Solve system
x+y=65
x=4y

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