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One number exceeds another by 24. The sum of the number is 59. What are the numbers?
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One number exceeds another by 24. The sum of the number is 59. What are the numbers?
Answer by checkley79(3341) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
LET X BE THE SMALLER NUMBER.
THEN X+24 IS THE SECOND NUMBER.
X+X+24=59
2X=59-24
2X=25
X=25/2X=12.5 ANS FOR THE SMALLER NUMBER.
12.5+24=36.5 ANS. FOR THE LARGER NUMBER.
PROOF:
12.5+36.5=59
59=59
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