Question

The sum of two numbers is 119 and their difference is 29.what are the numbers?

Answer 1

Answer:

Let the no.s be a & b

a+b=119 .....(i)

a-b=29 .....(ii)

solving eq. (i) & (ii)

2a=148

a=74

putting the value of a=74 in eq.(ii)

a-b=29

or, -b=29-74

or, b= 45