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The sum of two numbers is 30.the first number is 1/5 of the second number. what are the numbers?
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The sum of two numbers is 30.the first number is 1/5 of the second number. what are the numbers?

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the 2md number can be y. This makes the first number 1/5 of y

Your equation is y + 1/5y = 30
You can randomly plug in numbers and you get that the first number is 5. This means that the second number is 25
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