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The sum of two numbers is 46 and the difference is 14. What are the numbers?

The sum of two numbers is 46 and the difference is 14. What are the numbers?-example-1
User Desmonique
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Answer:

30 and 16

Explanation:

x + y = 46

14 + y + y = 46

14 + 2y = 46

2y = 32

y = 16

Now we know y is 16. Which means that we can substitute y for 16 in equation A and solve for x:

x + y = 46

x + 16 = 46

X = 30

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