SOLUTION: one no. is 40 more than another.find the no. if their sum is 50
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Question 1010423: one no. is 40 more than another.find the no. if their sum is 50
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let one no. be and another no.
if is more than , we have ...eq.1
if their sum is , we have:
....eq.2...substitute from eq.1
......solve for
go back to eq.1 and substitute for
...eq.1
so, your numbers are: and
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