SOLUTION: My question is if two numbers have the sum of 6 can be represented by x and x +6. this problem do not seem to be a true statement What are your thoughts?

Question 382680: My question is if two numbers have the sum of 6 can be represented by x and x +6. this problem do not seem to be a true statement What are your thoughts?
Answer by kingme18(98) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If two numbers have a sum of 6, that means they add up to 6. So if one is x, then x + (other number) = 6. Subtract x on both sides, and (other number) = 6-x.
What you wrote is x (a number) and x + 6 (6 more than that number).
Instead, you should have x (a number) and 6 - x (6 minus that number, because together they would add to 6).
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