Question

The sum of two numbers is 61 . The larger number is 23 more than the smaller number. What are the numbers?

Answer 1

guess and check
i pick 20 and 43, but that is not right because \(20+43=63\) and you only want \(61\) try a bit smaller

Answer 2

You could write it as a system of equations, too.

Answer 3

x+(x+23)=61