Question

The sum of two numbers is 20 and the difference is 8 what are the two numbers

Answer 1

Answer:

The difference of the two numbers is 8. What are the two numbers??? 16 and 4. Let x and y be the two numbers.

Answer 2

Answer:

let the number be x and y

then x+y=20

and x -y= 8

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2x = 28

x= 14

putting value of x in 1st eqn.

14+y= 20

y= 6

therefore the numbers are 14 and 6