Question

The greater of two numbers is one less than 8 times the smaller. Their sum is 98. Find the numbers.

I always suck at these questions =_=

Answer 1

It'll be helpful to "let one number be X"

Let the smaller number be X.
(8X -1) = GREATER NUMBER.

Sum of numbers = Smaller + Greater number = X + (8X - 1) = 98
9X - 1 = 98
9X = 99
X = ?

Answer 2

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