document.write( "Question 370580: Solve by appropriate method: Thinking of 2 numbers whose sum is 10, and difference is 4. Let X be first number, and let y be second number. \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Letting x be first number, and let y be second number
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document.write( "x + y = 10
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document.write( "x - y = 4
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document.write( "Solving this system of two equations by adding them together
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document.write( "2x = 14
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document.write( "x = 7
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document.write( "The two numbers are 7 and 3  ( their sum 10) \n" );
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