document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=30300>Question 30300</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The sum of two numbers is 111 and their difference is 63.  What are the two numbers?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a + b = 111<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 111-b\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a - b = 63\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I can't figure out how to solve. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "A-B=63<BR>\n" );
document.write( "THEREFORE A=B+63 SUBSTITUTING A=B+63 IN THE FIRST EQUATION WE GET <BR>\n" );
document.write( "B+63+B=111 OR 2B+63=111 OR 2B=111-63 OR 2B=48 THEREFORE B=24 & A+24=111 OR <BR>\n" );
document.write( "A=111-24 OR A=87 AND 87-24=63.    </SPAN>\n" );
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