SOLUTION: The sum of two numbers is 32 and the difference is 14. Find the two numbers

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Question 107546This question is from textbook Beginning and intermediate Algebra
: The sum of two numbers is 32 and the difference is 14. Find the two numbers This question is from textbook Beginning and intermediate Algebra

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The sum of two numbers is 32 and the difference is 14. Find the two numbers
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Let one of the numbers be "x"; Let the other be "y".
EQUATIONs
x+y = 32
x-y = 14
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Add the two equations to get:
2x = 46
x=23
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Substitute into x+y=32 to solve for "y".
23+y = 32
y = 9
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Cheers,
Stan H.