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One number is 8 times another number. The numbers are both positive and have a difference of 70. Find the numbers, which of the following equations could be used to solve the problem
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One number is 8 times another number. The numbers are both positive and have a difference of 70. Find the numbers, which of the following equations could be used to solve the problem

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x=8y, 8y-x=70

Those two equations would be used to solve the problem.
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8x-x=70 wouuld be the answer 
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