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you are told that the sun pf another two whole numbers is 20 ans thair differnece is 15 is this possible

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This is not possible if both numbers are whole numbers.

The larger number would be

(20+15)/2 = 17.5

The smaller number would be

(20-15)/2=2.5

So they cannot be whole numbers.


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