Question

the sum of wo numbers i62 andtheir differnce is 8 what are the umbers/

Answer 1

Hey Elle :) Welcome to OpenStudy!

Answer 2

Let the two unknown numbers be uhhhh, \(\Large\rm x\) and \(\Large\rm y\).

Answer 3

`their sum is 62`
can be written as,
\(\Large\rm x+y=62\)

Answer 4

`their difference is 8`
can be written as,
\(\Large\rm x-y=8\)

Answer 5

This gives us a system of two equations, involving two unknown numbers.

Answer 6

It can be solved fairly easily using either `Substitution` or `Elimination`.
Are you familiar with either method?