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The sum of two numbers is 45 and the difference is 13. What are the numbers?Larger number:Smaller number:

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With the information given, we know that


\begin{gathered} x+y=45 \\ \text{and} \\ x-y=13 \end{gathered}

This way, we'll have the following system of equations:


\begin{cases}x+y=45 \\ x-y=13\end{cases}

Adding up both equations ansd sol, we get:

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