if the sum of two numbers is 17 and their difference is 1. What are the larger and smaller numbers?
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x+y=17
x-y=1
____
2x=18
_____
x=18/2=9
x-y=1
9-y=1
8=y
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let the no be x and y
x+y=17
x is the bigger no
x-y=1
17+1=18
18 divided by 2
two because it is two entities both x and y
=9
9-1=8
-1 because x is bigger than y
9 is the bigger no and 8 is the smaller
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