Question

One number exceeds another by 62. If 5 times the smaller number is decreased by the larger number, the difference is 10. What are the numbers?

Answer 1

Let a be the smaller one and b be the larger one.

a+62=b or a-b=-62

Again 5a-b=10

a-b-5a+b=-62-10

or,4a=72

or,a=18. Nd b=a+62=18+62=80