en

English

Español

Português

Français

Deutsch

Italiano

Русский

中文(简体)

한국어

日本語

Tiếng Việt

עברית

العربية

Popular Word Problems >

The sum of two numbers is 48. The difference of the two numbers is 34.

Solution

T h e s u m o f tw o n u mb ers i s 48. T h e d i ff ere n ce o f t h e tw o n u mb ers i s 34.

Solution

The numbers : 41, 7

Solution steps

Represent the numbers with

x and y

:

number 1 : x

number 2 : y

A.T.Q.:

x + y = 48

x - y = 34

x + y = 48, x - y = 34 : x = 41, y = 7

The numbers : 41, 7

Popular Examples

The stock of Company A lost 4.25% today to 30.64. What was the opening price of the stock in the beginning of the day?a number divided-9 is-16 Aaron is five years younger than Roy.In four years time Roy will be twice as old as Aaron John is 4 times as old as Martha. In 5 years, the sum of their ages is 50.Eddie bought a book of sports stories. It was 25% off the original price of 15. How much did he pay?