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The difference between the two numbers is 48. The ratio of the two numbers is 7:3. What are the two numbers?

User Dokondr
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Let the bigger no. be X and the smaller no. be Y

X-Y=48

7-3=4

48÷4=12

X=12×7=84

Y=12×3=36

User Joseph Caruana
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