document.write( "Question 110683: The problem: Find two numbers whose sum is 44 and whose difference is 22\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "I already know the answer - I had no problem figuring it out. What I need to see is the proper way to solve it. I got the answers 33 and 11. This is how I started it:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x = 22 + y and x = 44 - y .....what next? I plugged numbers in until I found the answer but there must be an easier way?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #80643 by scott8148(6628)\"\" \"About 
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if you add your two qriginal equations together, you get 2x=66 (the y's cancel each other)\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "so x=33; and 33+y=44 so y=11
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