SOLUTION: What two numbers added together equals 22 and the differance between the numbers is 12

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Question 574308: What two numbers added together equals 22 and the differance between the numbers is 12
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Call the numbers a and b
given:
+a+%2B+b+=+22+
+a+-+b+=+12+
Add the equations
+2a+=+34+
+a+=+17+
and, since
+a+%2B+b+=+22+
+17+%2B+b+=+22+
+b+=+22+-+17+
+b+=+5+
the numbers are 5 and 17