SOLUTION: one number is five times another number. if the two numbers total 36, find the numbers.

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Question 921744: one number is five times another number. if the two numbers total 36, find the numbers.
Answer by MathLover1(20850) About Me  (Show Source):
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let numbers be x and y;
if number x is five times number y,then
x=5y......eq.1
and if the x%2By=36........eq.2, then we have to solve system
x=5y......eq.1
x%2By=36........eq.2
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x%2By=36........eq.2..substitute x from eq.1
5y%2By=36
6y=36
y=36%2F6
y=6
now, back to eq.1 and find x
x=5y......eq.1
x=5%2A6
x=30
so, your numbers are: 6 and 30