SOLUTION: a number exeeds anothr by 4 and their sum is 32. find the two numbers

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Question 1030950: a number exeeds anothr by 4 and their sum is 32. find the two numbers
Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
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Call the smaller number, x.
Then the larger is four more, or x + 4.
Adding them gives us
x + x+4 = 32
2x + 4 = 32
Now subtract four and divide by two...we get
2x = 28
x = 14 so that
x+4 = 18