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  • 12-07-2017
  • Mathematics
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The sum of two numbers is 42 . The smaller number is 10 less than the larger number. What are the numbers?

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r2s3wrtr r2s3wrtr
  • 12-07-2017
The answer is 26 and 16
26-16=10 so thats correct
and 
26+16=42
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koziadam koziadam
  • 12-07-2017
42 = x + (x-10)
52 = 2x
/2      /2
26 = x

Therefore the numbers are:
1) 26
2) 16 (26 - 10)
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