SOLUTION: one number is 6 more than the other. their sum is o. what is the value of the smaller number?
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Question 146147: one number is 6 more than the other. their sum is o. what is the value of the smaller number?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
"one number is 6 more than the other" translates to
"Their sum is 0" translates to
Plug in into the second equation
Combine like terms on the left side.
Subtract from both sides.
Combine like terms on the right side.
Divide both sides by to isolate .
Reduce.
Go back to the first equation
Plug in
Simplify
So the answer is and
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