The answer would be x=4 and y=-2.
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A fraction with 9 as a denominator is a repeating 1-digit decimal with the decimal digit being the numerator of the fraction.
A fraction with 11 as a denominator is a repeating 2-digit decimal with the two digits being 9 times the numerator of the fraction.
1/8 = 0.125, so any multiple of 1/8 is that multiple of 0.125.
Clue one tells you it ends in a 4 or 9.
Clue two tells you it has to be 9.
Clue three tells you x + 9 = 10
The number is 19
27 divided by 40 is equal to 0.675.
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