SOLUTION: The difference between two numbers is eight. if the smaller number exceeds half of the larger number by fourteen, what are the numbers?
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Question 764926: The difference between two numbers is eight. if the smaller number exceeds half of the larger number by fourteen, what are the numbers?
Answer by tommyt3rd(5050) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x
y-x=8
x=y/2+14
y-(y/2+14)=8
y-.5y-14=8
.5y=22
y=44
x=44-8=36
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