Question 191302: One number is 7 times another number. The product of the two numbers is 252. Find the two numbers
Answer by kara!(17)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Lets represent one number by X ,
another number is going to X*7 , because it says 7 times is bigger,
the product of two numbers is the answer is to the multiplication problem
X*(X*7)=252
7X^2=252
X^2=252/7
X^2=36
X=+- 6
when one number is 6, another number is going to be 7*6=42
and when one number is -6, another is: -42
answer is: 6,42 and -6,-42
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