Question

The product of two numbers is 48.The second number is 8 less than the first.What is the two numbers?

Answer 1

The smaller number is 16.

The larger number is 24.

Explanation:Let x be the first and smaller number, and let y be the second and larger number.

x+y=40

y=8+x

Substituting the second equation into the first:x+(8+x)=40

2x+8=40

2x=32

Smaller number: x=16

y=8+(16)

Larger number: y=24

Our smaller number is 16, and our larger number is 24.