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The product of two numbers is 3200 and the quotient when the larger number is divided by the smaller is 2.The numbers are a) (16, 200) b) (160, 20) c) (60, 30) d) (80, 40) How to do without option verification
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When you solve these kind of problems by assuming variables as x & y, if you do not have two complete equations of x & y , you will get multiple answers . In this case if we assume all numbers are whole numbers and there are no decimals then xy = 3200 & x/y = 2; from equation x/y = 2 , x = 2y which can be substituted in equation 1 to get 2yy = 3200 and y = 40 => x = 80 . But there is no need to do all this when you already have options.
