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    Jun 16, 2011, 06:53 AM
    Age problems with solutions and answers?
    The sum of two numbers is 29 and their difference is 5. find the numbers
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    Jun 16, 2011, 06:55 AM
    So what do you know


    and


    So you now have two equations to play with..
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    Jun 16, 2011, 06:55 AM
    Just rewrite your two sentences as equations:

    "The sum of two numbers is 29" ---> x + y = 29

    "their difference is 5" ---> x - y = 5


    Now just solve those two simultaneous equations. Do you know how to do that?
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