document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=740471>Question 740471</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "translate this word problem as a system of equations and then solve using substitution.: find two numbers whose sum is 58 and whose difference is 16. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "X-Y=16 ADD.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2X=74<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X=74/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X=37 ANS. FOR THE LARGER NUMBER.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "37+Y=58<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Y=58-37<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Y=21 ANS. FOR THE SMALLER NUMBER.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "PROOF:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "37-21=16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "16=16 </SPAN>\n" );
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