SOLUTION: One number exceeds another by 15 find the smaller number of the sum of the two numbers is 83

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Question 1064233: One number exceeds another by 15 find the smaller number of the sum of the two numbers is 83
Answer by ikleyn(52790) About Me  (Show Source):
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x + y = 83,
x - y = 15.


Add the two equations.


It is the standard method of solving problems like this.