SOLUTION: Use the given conditions to write a system of equations. Solve and find the numbers the sum of two numbers is 9. If one number is subtracted from the other, the result is -1.

Question 929891:
Use the given conditions to write a system of equations. Solve and find the numbers
the sum of two numbers is 9. If one number is subtracted from the other, the result is -1.

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Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Add the equations.

Then,

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