SOLUTION: If one number is 10 more than a second number and their sum is sixteen. What are the numbers?

Question 237524: If one number is 10 more than a second number and their sum is sixteen. What are the numbers?
Found 2 solutions by checkley77, College Student:
Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x+x+10=16
2x=16-10
2x=6
x=3 ans. for the smaller number.
3+10=13 ans. for the larger number.
Proof:
3+13=16
16=16
Answer by College Student(505) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You can write this problem algebraically this way:

Then solve for x.

You can check your result by substituting this value in the original equation to ensure it matches.
So, one number is x+10=13
the other is x=3
When you add them both, your result is 16.
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