SOLUTION: One Number is four more than another. Their sum is sixteen , find both numbers. Smaller Value Larger Value

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Question 853947:

One Number is four more than another. Their sum is sixteen , find both numbers.
Smaller Value Larger Value
Answer by checkley79(3341) About Me  (Show Source):
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LET X BE THE SMALLER NUMBER
LET X+4BE THE LARGER NUMBER
X+X=4=16
2X=16-4
2X=12
X=6 ANS. FOR THE SMALLER NUMBER
6+4=10 ANS. FOR THE LARGER NUMBER
PROOF:
6+10=16
16=16