SOLUTION: the sum of two numbers is 52 and the difference is 4. What are the numbers?

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Question 616586: the sum of two numbers is 52 and the difference is 4. What are the numbers?
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Solve the 2X2 system. Hint: Use the Elimination method since the coefficients on y are already additive inverses of each other.

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