SOLUTION: One number is 6 times another. Their product is 12 times their sum. Find the numbers x and y. (Assume x y.)

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Question 469880: One number is 6 times another. Their product is 12 times their sum. Find the numbers x and y. (Assume x y.)
Answer by sofiyac(983) About Me  (Show Source):
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first number is x
then second one is 6x
x(6x)=12 sove for x
6x^2=12
x^2=2
x=sqrt(2) so that's your first number, then the second one will be
6sqrt(2)