The sum of two numbers is 18. The quotient of the two numbers is 17. What are the two numbers?

Question

02-08-2016
Mathematics

contestada

The sum of two numbers is 18. The quotient of the two numbers is 17. What are the two numbers?

Respuesta :

Otras preguntas

The distance d in feet that dropped object falls in t seconds is givin by the equation d divided 16 = tsquared how long does it take a dropped object to fall 64

Let f (x) = 2x - 1, g(x) = 3x, and h(x) = x2 + 1. Compute the following: f (h(x)) and. g (f (x))

If k= am + 3mx, Express the value of m in terms of a, k and x?

How did Great Britain profited from Triangular trade and mercantilism

Does anybody know the answers?

What is x if x•x•13=46

Which function is negative for the interval [–1, 1]?The answer is the second graph

Lola visits trish in weston, ct. at some point, lola asks trish whether there is a lot of crime in weston. although crime rarely occurs there, trish recalls a r

Oxygen has an atomic number of 8 and most commonly, a mass number of 16. thus, what is the atomic mass of an oxygen atom?

nobillionaireNobley nobillionaireNobley · Answer 1 · 2016-08-04T15:43:35+02:00

nobillionaireNobley nobillionaireNobley

04-08-2016

Let the two numbers be x and y
x + y = 18 . . . . . . . . (1)
x/y = 17 . . . . . . . . (2)
from (2): x = 17y
substituting for x in (1), gives
17y + y = 18
18y = 18
y = 18/18 = 1
x = 17y = 17(1) = 17

Therefore the two numbers are: 1 and 17

Answer Link