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The sum of two numbers is 47 and the difference is 13. What are the numbers?

The sum of two numbers is 47 and the difference is 13. What are the numbers?
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The sum of two numbers is 47 and the difference is 13. What are the numbers?

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Assume the smaller one is x, then the other one will be x+13

So sum of two numbers is 47: x+(x+13) = 47 -> 2x = 34 -> x = 17

So one number is 17, the other one will be 17+13 = 30
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The two numbers and 30 and 17.
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