Step-by-step explanation
1. Rewrite the information given in the problem as equations
2 sentences contain the information we are after.
The first, [The quotient of the 2 numbers is 1], we learn that:
There are 2 numbers we are looking for, as we don't know what they are, we will refer to them as and .
The quotient of and is 1. This can be mathematically expressed as
From the following sentence, [the product of the 2 numbers is 1], we further learn that the product of and equals 1.
This information, can then be expressed in another equation, which would be
We now have a system of equations:
2. Find the numbers by solving the system of equations
To solve this system of equations, we first solve for the first variable in the first equation and then substitute the result into the second equation.
Solving this set of equation yields the solution set
Therefore, the 2 numbers we’ve been asked to find are 1 and 1
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