SOLUTION: The sum of two numbers is 24. The larger number is ten more than the smaller. Find the numbers.

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Question 1035608: The sum of two numbers is 24. The larger number is ten more than the smaller. Find the numbers.
Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
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Call the numbers x and y. Then we can write
x + y = 24 and
x = y + 10
Now substitute the second into the first and get
y+10 + y = 24
2y + 10 = 24
2y = 14
y = 7 so that
x = 17