SOLUTION: How would I work this problem? One number is 25% of another. The larger number is 12 more than the smaller. What are the numbers?

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Question 461850: How would I work this problem?
One number is 25% of another. The larger number is 12 more than the smaller. What are the numbers?
Answer by robertb(5830) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let s be the smaller number.
Then the larger number is 1.25s, and by the other given, also s + 12.
Then 1.25s = s + 12.
==> 0.25s = 12 ==> s = 12/0.25 ==> s = 48, the smaller number.
==> the larger number is 60.