document.write( "Question 305448: The sum of two numbers is 58. One number is 17 more than the other. Find the larger number. \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #218660 by Fombitz(32388)\"\" \"About 
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Let your first number be A.
\n" ); document.write( "Let the other number be B.
\n" ); document.write( "\"A%2BB=58\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"B=A%2B17\"
\n" ); document.write( "Substitute for B in the first equation and solve,
\n" ); document.write( "\"A%2B%28A%2B17%29=58\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"2A=41\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"A=41%2F2\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"B=A%2B17\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"B=41%2F2%2B34%2F2=75%2F2\"
\n" ); document.write( "Your first number is 41/2 and the second is 75/2.
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