Asked by chandice

The product of two numbers is 50. If you divide the larger number by the smaller number
you get 2. What are the numbers?

Answers

Answered by steven
x*y=50
x/y=2
10*5=50
10/5=2
Answered by Reiny
equation #1 : xy = 50
equation #2 : x/y = 2 ---> x = 2y

sub #2 into #1
2y(y) = 50
y^2 = 25
y = ± 5
if y = 5 then x = 10
if y = -5 then x = -10

to the two numbers are 10,5 OR -10,-5
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