SOLUTION: one number is 10 more than another. If the sum of the two numbers is 30, what is the smaller of the two numbers?
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Question 516487: one number is 10 more than another. If the sum of the two numbers is 30, what is the smaller of the two numbers?
Answer by deborabr(181) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x
x+10
x+x+10=30
2x=30-10
2x=20
x=20/2
x=10
x+10=10+10=20
the bigger number is 20 and the smaller is 10
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