document.write( "Question 1163306: Find two numbers whose sum is 72 and whose difference is 10. The two numbers are? \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "Find two numbers whose sum is 72 and whose difference is 10. The two numbers are?
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Let larger number be L, and smaller, S
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document.write( "Then we get: L + S = 72 ------- eq (i)
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document.write( "Also, L - S = 10 ------- eq (ii)
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document.write( "Add the 2 equations and solve to get the value of L, the larger number.
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document.write( "Substitute the value of L in any of the 2 equations, preferably eq (i), to get the value of S, the smaller number. \n" );
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