The product of two numbers is 1296.if one number is 16times the other,find the numbers?
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Let's consider the two numbers to be x and y.
Given that:
x×y= 1296....... equation1
And x =16y....... equation2
Putting equation 2 in 1 we get,
16y×y=1296
16y^2=1296
y^2= 81
Thus y=9
Putting the value of y in equation 2,we get,
x=16y
x=16×9=144
Hence the two numbers are 9 and 144.
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