SOLUTION: One number is 4 more than another, and their sum is 60. What is the smaller number?

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Question 302367: One number is 4 more than another, and their sum is 60. What is the smaller number?
Answer by unlockmath(1688) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hello,
Let x be the number so the equation will be:
x+(x+4)=60 Rewritten as:
2x+4=60 Subtract 4 and divide by 2 from both sides to get:
x=28
There we go. Make sense?
RJ
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