noah was asked to compute the product of two numbers. he misread the problem and entered the sum of the two numbers instead. luc

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2 years ago

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kily he still got the right answer. one of the two numbers is . what is the other number?

1 answer:

Vikki [24] · Answer 1 · 2023-12-09T09:49:46+03:00

The other number is 1.25 .

proved to us , the first number is 5 .

let the other number is 'x' .

therefore we are having ,

the product of these numbers = 5x

the sum of these numbers = 5 + x

Also , the product of these two numbers is equal to the sum of these two numbers

so , 5x = 5 +x

4x = 5

x = 5/4 = 1.25

so the second number is 1.25

verification :

product of the numbers = 5 x 1.25 = 6.25

sum of the numbers = 5 + 1.25 = 6.25

Hence the result is correct

Therefore the other number is 1.25.

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