document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1103778>Question 1103778</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The sum of two numbers is 34 and the difference is 8 What are the numbers? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "a + b = 34 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "and the difference is 8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a - b = 8<BR>\n" );
document.write( " What are the numbers?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "use elimination<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a + b = 34<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a - b = 8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-----------addition eliminates b, find a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2a + 0 = 42<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 42/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 21<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Ill let you find b , check the solutions in both equations<BR>\n" );
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