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Karen is thinking of two numbers. thier difference is 9 and thier sum is 17. what are the numbers?

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It's pretty hard to tell what somebody else is thinking.
But the numbers could very well be 13 and 4 .

Look here:

13 - 4 = 9
13 + 4 = 17

They certainly work.


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