document.write( "Question 212864: One number exceeds another by -6. The sum of the numbers is 12. What are the numbers? \n" ); document.write( "
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One number exceeds another by -6. The sum of the numbers is 12. What are the numbers?
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\n" ); document.write( "n + (n+6) = 12
\n" ); document.write( "2n+6 = 12
\n" ); document.write( "2n = 6
\n" ); document.write( "n = 3
\n" ); document.write( "--> 3 and 9
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