Question

The difference between two numbers is 25. The smaller number is 1/6th of the larger number. What is the value of the smaller number (11, 3, 5, 9, 10)?

Answer 1

Answer: the smaller number is 5

Explanation:

Let the smaller number be represented by x.

Let the bigger number be represented by y

The difference between two numbers is 25. It means that

y - x = 25 - - - - - - 1

The smaller number is 1/6th of the larger number. This means that

y = 6x

Substituting y. = 6x into equation 1, it becomes

6x - x = 25

5x = 25

x = 25/5 =5

y = 6x = 6×5 = 30