Problems on Numbers
1. The product of two numbers is 27 and the quotient, when the larger one is divided by the smaller, is 3. What's the sum of the 2 numbers?
Solution:
Let the two numbers be x and y.
xy = 27 ------ Equation 1
x/y = 3
x=3y
Substitude x value in equation 1, we get
3y2 = 27
y = 3.
Hence, x=9.
Their sum is 9+3 = 12.
2. The difference between 2 numbers is 20. When the larger number is divided by the smaller one, the quotient is 2 and the remainder is 1. Find the smaller number.
Solution:
Let the numbers be x and x+20.
x+20 = 2x + 1
x = 19.
The smaller number is 19.
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