SOLUTION: How do you solve the difference between two numbers is greater than 350. Could the two numbers be 862 and 496? How do you find out?

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Question 745771: How do you solve the difference between two numbers is greater than 350. Could the two numbers be 862 and 496? How do you find out?
Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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How do you solve the difference between two numbers is greater than 350.
Pick any pair of numbers.
1 and 352
2 and 353
2 and 352.1 etc.
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Could the two numbers be 862 and 496? How do you find out?
862 - 496 = 366, which is greater than 350.
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There's no unique solution, there are an infinite # of them.
m - n > 350
m > 350 + n
Pick and number for n, add more than 350