SOLUTION: If the product of two positive numbers is 16, and the bigger number is 8 times the smaller number, what are the numbers?

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Question 380595: If the product of two positive numbers is 16, and the bigger number is 8 times the smaller number, what are the numbers?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hi,

Let x and 8x represent the numbers

Question states

 x * 8x = 16

  x^2 *8 = 16

  x^2 = 2  Question states these are positive numbers, 

therefore negative solution for x is tossed out

   x = sqrt%282%29, the smaller number.  Larger number is 8%2Asqrt%282%29