Difference between 2 numbers is 25,smaller is 1/6 of large number, whats the small number

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Let

be the two numbers, with

the smaller of the two.

You have
x-y=25

and
$y=\frac x6$ . Solving, you get
x=30

and

Grant Shannon answered Jun 26, 2018

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