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The sum of two numbers is 84. One number is 6 more than the other. What is the smaller of the two numbers?

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The answer is 36. Say 42 + 42 is 84. Since one of the number is 6 more than the other, add 6 the first 42 and subtract 6 from the other number which will be 48 + 36 = 84. So the smaller of the two is 36.

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