Problema Solution

The sum of two numbers is

59

. The larger number is

23

more than the smaller number. What are the numbers?

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Let 'x' and 'y' represent the variables and assume that 'y' is the larger number:

x+y=59

y=x+23

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x=18

y=41

So the numbers are 18 and 41.