document.write( "Question 1035608: The sum of two numbers is 24. The larger number is ten more than the smaller. Find the numbers. \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #650257 by fractalier(6550)\"\" \"About 
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Call the numbers x and y. Then we can write
\n" ); document.write( "x + y = 24 and
\n" ); document.write( "x = y + 10
\n" ); document.write( "Now substitute the second into the first and get
\n" ); document.write( "y+10 + y = 24
\n" ); document.write( "2y + 10 = 24
\n" ); document.write( "2y = 14
\n" ); document.write( "y = 7 so that
\n" ); document.write( "x = 17
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