The sum of two numbers is 44, and the larger number is 2 more than the smaller number. What is the smaller number?
If x= the smaller number and y= the larger number, then which of the following systems of equations represents the
word problem?
x+y= 44 and y= x + 2
x+y= 44 and y= 2x
x+y= 44 and x=y + 2