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  • 03-01-2021
  • Mathematics
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One number is 4times as large as another. If the numbers are added together, the result is 6 less times the smaller. Find the numbers.

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Answer:

One number is -1.5, and the other number is -6.

Step-by-step explanation:

Here are the requirements:

• 4a = b

• a + b = a - 6

(...)

(thinking...)

(...)

Okay. Let's try a = -1.5 and b = -6.

• 4(-1.5) = (-6) (that works)

• (-1.5) + (-6) = (1.5) - 6 (that works)

There you have it!

(I hope...)

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