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The smaller of two numbers is one more than half the larger number. If their sum is 133, write an equation to solve for the two numbers.

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Answer:

The two numbers are 44 as the smaller number and 89 as the larger number.

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Let's call the larger number x, and the smaller number y. We know that y is one more than half of x, so we can write y = x/2 + 1. We also know that the sum of the two numbers is 133, so we can write x + y = 133. We can use these two equations to solve for the values of x and y. Substituting the first equation into the second, we get:

x + (x/2 + 1) = 133

Combining like terms, we get:

1.5x + 1 = 133

Subtracting 1 from both sides, we get:

1.5x = 132

Dividing both sides by 1.5, we get:

x = 88

Substituting this value for x in the first equation, we get:

y = 88/2 + 1 = 44 + 1 = 45

Therefore, the two numbers are 88 and 45, and we can check our solution by verifying that the sum of these numbers is indeed 133.

x + y = 88 + 45 = 133

This confirms that our solution is correct.

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