document.write( "Question 764774: If the sum of two numbers is 83 and the difference of the two numbers is 41, then the smaller number must be __ \n" ); document.write( "
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If the sum of two numbers is 83 and the difference of the two numbers is 41, then the smaller number must be __
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\n" ); document.write( "let x=larger of two numbers
\n" ); document.write( "let y=smaller of two numbers
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\n" ); document.write( "x+y=83
\n" ); document.write( "x-y=41
\n" ); document.write( "add:
\n" ); document.write( "2x=124
\n" ); document.write( "x=62
\n" ); document.write( "y=83-x=83-62=21
\n" ); document.write( "larger of two numbers=62
\n" ); document.write( "smaller of two numbers=21 \n" ); document.write( "
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