SOLUTION: Find two numbers whose difference is 10 and 1/6 of whose sum is 11.

Question 146920: Find two numbers whose difference is 10 and 1/6 of whose sum is 11.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let's call the numbers A and B.
Difference is 10.

1/6 of the sum is 11.

Now we have two equations.
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2.
You can make a slight change in eq. 2 that will help to solve.
Multiply both sides by 6.
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Now, you can add the two equations together to get one equation in A.

From 1,

Make sure to always check your answers with your original equations.
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