SOLUTION: one number is one half another number if their sum is 51 find two numbers

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Question 921187: one number is one half another number if their sum is 51 find two numbers
Answer by MathLover1(20850) About Me  (Show Source):
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let's one number be x and another number y
if one number is one half another number, we have
x=y%2F2
if their sum is 51 we have
x%2By=51 .....substitute x=y%2F2

y%2F2%2By=51
y%2F2%2B2y%2F2=51
3y%2F2=51
3y=51%2A2
3y=102
y=102%2F3
y=34
find x
x=34%2F2
x=17
check:
x%2By=51
17%2B34=51
51=51