document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1112920>Question 1112920</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the value of two numbers if their sum is 70 and their difference is 36. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "a + b = 70<BR>\n" );
document.write( " and their difference is 36.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a - b = 36<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use elimination on these two equations<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a + b = 70<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a - b = 16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "------------Addition eliminates b, find a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2a + 0 = 86<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 86/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 43<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Find b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "43 + b = 70<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = 70 - 43<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = 27<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check <BR>\n" );
document.write( "43 - 27 = 16   </SPAN>\n" );
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