SOLUTION: The sum of two numbers is 98. If one number is six times the other, find the two numbers.

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Question 644524: The sum of two numbers is 98. If one number is six times the other, find the two numbers.
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source):
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"The sum of two numbers is 98" ---> x+y = 98

"If one number is six times the other" ----> y = 6x

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x+y = 98

x+6x = 98

7x = 98

x = 98/7

x = 14

y = 6x

y = 6*14

y = 84

So the two numbers are 14 and 84

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