document.write( "Question 182636: The sum of two numbers is 45. One number is 12 larger than the other. What is the expression for the other number? \n" ); document.write( "
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The sum of two numbers is 45. One number is 12 larger than the other. What is the expression for the other number?
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\n" ); document.write( "x +(x+12) = 45
\n" ); document.write( "2x+12 = 45
\n" ); document.write( "2x = 33
\n" ); document.write( "x = 16.5
\n" ); document.write( "The numbers are 16.5 and 28.5
\n" ); document.write( "I don't know which number is the \"other number.\"
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