SOLUTION: One number is 24 more than another the sum of the two numbers is 260 what are the numbers
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Question 1007230: One number is 24 more than another the sum of the two numbers is 260 what are the numbers
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Call them x and y. Then we have
x + y = 260 and
x = 24 + y
Now substitute this into the first equation and get
24 + y + y = 260
2y + 24 = 260
2y = 236
y = 118 and then
x = 260 - 118 = 142
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