SOLUTION: the sum of two numbers is 42 and their difference is 6 what are the two numbers?
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Question 428544: the sum of two numbers is 42 and their difference is 6 what are the two numbers?
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x+y=42 .............1
x-y=6 .............2
Add the two equations
2x=48
/2
x=24
plug value of x in (1)
x+y= 42
24+y=42
y=18
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