SOLUTION: I'm thinking of two numbers. The first number exceeds another by 26. The sum of the two numbers is 64. Find the numbers. Please help me figure out how to solve this!

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  x + y = 64

(y+26) + y = 64

    2y + 26 = 64

         2y = 38

          y = 19  and x = 45

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