By my calculations and understanding into this problem I have figured out the answer to this thing and it is very simple and easy enough to actually say it so I can type it out instead because I can’t say anything on this thing even though I’m doing a voice record and I don’t even know how my grandma is doing right now so I’m just blah bling around is it random words of mine but honestly I would love to explain and tell you the answer but I do not know how to type it out so I’m just going to say it like I just said two seconds ago but I didn’t really say it again I just typed it I don’t know I keep getting confused with that but anyways the answer is very easy
Answer:
4 7/20
Step-by-step explanation:
8 1/4 - 3 9/10
get a common denominator of 20
8 1/4 *5/5 - 3 9/10 *2/2
8 5/20 - 3 18/20
borrow 1 from the 8 in the form of 20/20
7 +20/20 + 5/20 - 3 18/20
7 25/20 - 3 18/20
4 7/20
Let's call the two numbers a and b. So we know that the difference of the two numbers is 36:
a - b = 36
And we know that their sum is 286:
a + b = 286
We can use either of these equations to solve for one of the variables in terms of the other variable. Let's use the first and solve for a:
a - b = 36
a = 36 + b
Now we plug this into the other equation and solve for b there:
(36 + b) + b = 286
36 + 2b = 286
2b = 250
b = 125
