Question

The sum of two numbers is 58. The difference of the two numbers is 18. What are the two numbers?

Answer 1

First number=x

Second number=x+16

So x+x+16=58

2x+16=58 subtract 16 from both sides

2x=42 divide both sides by 2

x=21

x+16=37

two numbers are:21 and 37

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Answer 2

38,20
you can solve this by taking the number x and y