SOLUTION: The sum of two numbers is 16. Their difference is 40. What are the numbers? The sum of three consecutive integers is 96. What are the numbers?

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Question 403677: The sum of two numbers is 16. Their difference is 40. What are the numbers?
The sum of three consecutive integers is 96. What are the numbers?
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The sum of two numbers is 16. Their difference is 40. What are the numbers?
16/2 = 8
40/2 = 20
--> 8 ± 20
= -12 & 28
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The sum of three consecutive integers is 96. What are the numbers?
96/3 = 32, the middle number