Question

one of the two number exceeds The Other by 7 if we have 4 times the smaller to 5 times the greater we get 143 find the numbers

Answer 1

Let one number be x.
Then the other number wil be x+7.
acc to the qstn,
4x+5(x+7) = 143
4x+5x+35 = 143
9x = 108
x = 12

If one number is 12 then the other number will be 19.






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