Question

The difference of two integers is 6. The sum of the same two integers is 42. What is the lesser of the two integers?

Answer 1

you can probably guess and check for this one
or solve
\[x-y=6\]
\[x+y=42\]
by adding the two equations together

Answer 2

if it was me i would just guess
say 20 and 26 were the two numbers, then the total would be 46 not 42 so i guessed too high

Answer 3

my choices r
18
19
21
23
24

Answer 4

then you have even fewer guesses to make
i tried with the smaller number as 20
that made the larger number 26 since they are 6 apart, but \(20+26=46\) and you want 42, so 20 is too large
try a smaller one

Answer 5

ok