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The product of twopositive number is 9whole 18/25and one of them is three times the other find the numbers |
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Answer» Answer: Let's turn these phrases into mathematical equations. The first phrase, "the product of two positive (unknown) numbers is 9 18/25", translates to X*y = 9 18/25. The second phrase, "one of them is three times the other", translates to x = 3*y. Substituting the second equation into the first equation YIELDS: 3*y*y = 3*y^2 = 9 18/25. Dividing both sides of this equation yields y^2 = 3 6/25 = 81/25. Taking the square root of both sides of this equation GIVES us y = 9/5 = 1 4/5. Substituting this value back into the second equation yields x = 3 12/5 = 27/5 = 5 2/5. or 9 18/25 = 243/25
x(3x) = 243/25 3x2 = 243/25 x2 = (243/25)(1/3) = 243/75 = 81/25 √(x2) =√(81/25) x = 9/5 = 1 4/5
The larger number is 3(9/5) = 27/5 = 5 2/5. |
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