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( "
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Let represent the larger of the two numbers. Then has to be the smaller one.\r
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