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The sun of two numbers is 64. The smaller number is 8 less then the larger number. What are the numbers.

User Iamio
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Answer:28 and 36

Explanation:

Rearrange the equation and we get: 2X = 56. Solve for X and we see that X=28

User Tero Tolonen
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Answer: 28 and 40

Explanation:

64 / 2 = 32

32 - 8 = 28

32 + 8 = 40

User Hiep Tran
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