SOLUTION: One positive number is 5 times another number. The difference between the two numbers is 68, find the numbers

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Question 258426: One positive number is 5 times another number. The difference between the two numbers is 68, find the numbers
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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Call the numbers A and B.
A=5B
A-B=68
Substitute for A in the second equation using the first equation.
5B-B=68
4B=68
B=17
Then,
A=5B=5%2817%29=85