SOLUTION: The sum of two integers is 19 and their difference is 11. What is the smaller of the two integers?

Question 950885: The sum of two integers is 19 and their difference is 11. What is the smaller of the two integers?

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Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
4 & 15

Answer by amarjeeth123(569) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the numbers be x and y.
Then we have x+y=19........equation 1
We also have x-y=11........equation 2
Adding we get 2x=30
x=15
y=4
The smaller of the two integers is 4.
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