SOLUTION: The sum of two numbers is 80. One number is 26 more than the other find the numbers

Question 657208: The sum of two numbers is 80. One number is 26 more than the other find the numbers
Answer by colliefan(242) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If x is one of the other numbers, x+26 is the other. Since their sum is 80, you have the following equation.
x+(x+26)=80
Remember, what you do to one side of the equation, you must do to the other.
x+(x+26)=80
x+x+26=80
2x+26=80
2x+26-26=80-26
2x+0=54
2x=54
2x/2=54/2
x*1=27
x=27
Thus, the two numbers are 27 and 53 since 27 or x + 26=53.
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