One positive number is 5 times another number. The difference between the two numbers is 164, find the numbers.

Question

ne positive number is 5 times another number. The difference between the two numbers is 164, find the numbers.

Answer 1

Let one number be x and the other be 5x

Therefore 5x -x =164   that is (the difference)

                 4x    = 164            (divide both sides by 4)

                    x   =   41

and 5x -205

 

One number is 41 and the other 205