SOLUTION: The sum of two numbers is 63 and the difference is 13 . What are the numbers?

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Question 278451: The sum of two numbers is 63 and the difference is 13 . What are the numbers?
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Let represent one of the numbers and let represent the other one.





Add the two equations:





Solve for and then use the value of to determine the value of


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