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by thephoenix » Sat Apr 03, 2010 1:33 am
mija wrote:two numbers are in the ratio 4:7, if thrice the larger number is added to twice the smaller , the sum is 59. find the numbers.
r u sure the sum is 59
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by eaakbari » Sat Apr 03, 2010 7:32 am
With the data you have provided the numbers turn out to be 413/29 and 236/29. Do check it as phoenix said
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by greentealeaf » Sat Apr 10, 2010 7:12 pm
thephoenix wrote:
mija wrote:two numbers are in the ratio 4:7, if thrice the larger number is added to twice the smaller , the sum is 59. find the numbers.
r u sure the sum is 59
58 is reasonable. numbers are 8 and 14.
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