the sum of two numbers is 27 and their difference is 3 then find the bigger number
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you can use algebra if you need to...
x and 27-x are the nunbers
(27-x)-x=3
27-x-x=3
-2x=3-27
-2x=-24
x=-24/(-2)
x=12 and 27-x=15
or you could do the following...
27/2=13.5
13 and 14 don't work
12 and 15 do work (down by 1 with 13 and up by 1 with 14)
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