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Question 565895: The difference between two positive number is 72. If we divide one of the number by the other,we get quotient 4. Find the numbers.
Answer by gulkhetab(2)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let x and y be the two numbers.
Let us write the given condition in equation form as follows.
x-y=72 ....... (1)
And similarly the second condition is
x/y=4
=> x=4y
Putting this value of x in equation (1), we have
4y-y=72
=> 3y=72
=> y=24
Putting this value of y in equation (1), we have
x-24=72
=> x=96
Therefore, the two positive numbers are 24 and 92.
You can check yourself that the two numbers fulfill
the conditions given in the question.
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