SOLUTION: One number is two more than another. Their sum is twelve. Find both numbers.
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Question 654910: One number is two more than another. Their sum is twelve. Find both numbers.
Answer by checkley79(3341) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
LET X & (X+2) ARE THE 2 NUMBERS.
X+(X+2)=12
2X+2=12
2X=12-2
2X=10
X=10/2
X=5 ANS FOR THE SMALLER NUMBER.
5+2=7 ANS. FOR THE LARGER NUMBER.
PROOF:
5+7=12
12=12
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