SOLUTION: x+y=10 x-y=2 2. The sum of two numbers is 54, and their difference is nine more than the smaller number. What are the two numbers? . x+y=54 x-y=x-9 . x+y=54 y-x=x+9 . 2x=54 54

SOLUTION: x+y=10 x-y=2 2. The sum of two numbers is 54, and their difference is nine more than the smaller number. What are the two numbers? . x+y=54 x-y=x-9 . x+y=54 y-x=x+9 . 2x=54 54

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Question 526173: x+y=10
x-y=2
2. The sum of two numbers is 54, and their difference is nine more than the smaller number. What are the two numbers?
. x+y=54 x-y=x-9
. x+y=54 y-x=x+9
. 2x=54 54=xt9
. 2y=54 54=x-9
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let one number be x
other number be y
x>y
x+y =54................(1)
x-y =y+9
x-2y=9......................(2)
subtract (2) from (1)
3y=45
/3
y = 15
so x = 39
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