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olga_2 [115]
3 years ago
12

The sum of two numbers is 44, and the larger number is 2 more than the smaller number. What is the smaller number? If x = the sm

aller number and y = the larger number, then which of the following systems of equations represents the word problem?
A. x + y = 44 and y = x + 2
B.x + y = 44 and y = 2x
C.x + y = 44 and x = y + 2
Mathematics
2 answers:
svetoff [14.1K]3 years ago
7 0

x + y = 44 and y = x + 2 represents the word problem

hope I helped

Nastasia [14]3 years ago
6 0
A because y is larger than x by 2.

x + y = 44
y = x + 2

Substitute eqn 2 into eqn 1
x + x + 2 = 44
2x = 42
x = 21

Thus, the smaller number is 21.
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