SOLUTION: what 2 numbers between 20 and 40 equal 58 and thier difference is 12?

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Question 829077: what 2 numbers between 20 and 40 equal 58 and thier difference is 12?
Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You mean their sum equals 58?
Let and be your numbers.


Add the two equations together.



Then use either equation to solve for B,
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