SOLUTION: Two numbers added together equal 22, and their difference is 12. what are the numbers?

Question 939376: Two numbers added together equal 22, and their difference is 12. what are the numbers?
Answer by srinivas.g(540) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let x,y be the numbers
their sum = 22
x+y=22 .........eq(1)
their difference is 12
x-y =12.............eq(2)

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and simplify: So, we know that y=5. Since , x=17.

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