SOLUTION: How can you translate the word problem, "the sum of two numbers is 141. one number is 37 more than the other. Find the numbers," into a system of equations? i tried solving it a

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Question 133079: How can you translate the word problem, "the sum of two numbers is 141. one number is 37 more than the other. Find the numbers," into a system of equations?
i tried solving it and the numbers were 52 and 89 is that right?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You would do the following translation:

"the sum of two numbers is 141" ----> x%2By=141


"one number is 37 more than the other" ---->y=x%2B37


You have the correct answer.