Question

the sum of two numbers is 32 and their difference is 8 what are the two numbers

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

x+y=32....1

x-y=8.....2

now

x=32-y

put in eq 2

32-y-y=8

32-2y=8

y=12..

now put the value of y in eq2

x=8+12

x=20

I hope this will help you....

Answer 2

Answer:

the answer is 16 and 16

Step-by-step explanation:

sixteen plus sixteen is equal to thirty- two (16 + 16 = 32) and then it says the difference between the numbers are 8 numbers which means if 8 + 8 = 16 and the difference between 16 and 8 is 8 then the answer is two sixteens.

Hope it help! :)

Tip: if you want to find the difference of two numbers you could substract them for exanple: 16 - 8 = 8