Question

One Positive number is five times another number the difference between the two numbers is 172 to find the numbers

Answer 1

x= 43, y=215

Explanation:

Let one number be x,

Let the other number be y.

x= 5y

x - y= 172

Putting value of x in equation 2.

5y - y = 172

4y = 172

y= 172/4

y= 43

Putting value of y in eq. 1

x= 5(43)

x=215.