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Answer 1

Answer:

The numbers are 27 and 30

Step-by-step explanation:

The two numbers are x and y

x+y = 57

x-y = 3

Add the two equations together to eliminate y

x+y = 57

x-y = 3

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2x = 60

Divide by 2

2x/2 = 60/2

x = 30

x+y = 57

30 + y = 57

y = 57-30

y = 27

The numbers are 27 and 30

Answer 2

The sum of two numbers is 57, and the difference is 3.

Give each number a variable (as you do not know what they are): x , y

Set the equations:

"The sum of two numbers is 57": x + y = 57

"The(re) difference is 3": x - y = 3

Isolate one of the variables in the second equation. Add y to both sides:

x - y (+y) = 3 + y

x = 3 + y

Plug in "3 + y" for x in the first equation:

3 + y + y = 57

Simplify. First, combine like terms:

3 + (y + y) = 57

3 + 2y = 57

Isolate the variable, y. Note the equal sign, what you do to one side, you do to the other. Do the opposite of PEMDAS*.

*PEMDAS is the order of operation.

PEMDAS =

Parenthesis

Exponents (& Roots)

Multiplication

Division

Addition

Subtraction

First, subtract 3 from both sides:

2y + 3 = 57

2y + 3 (-3) = 57 (-3)

2y = 57 - 3

2y = 54

Next, divide 2 from both sides:

(2y)/2 = (54)/2

y = 54/2

y = 27

Plug in 27 for y in one of the equations:

x = 3 + y

x = 3 + (27)

x = 3 + 27

x = 30

x = 30 , y = 27 is your answer.

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Check:

"The sum of two numbers is 57": x + y = 57

30 + 27 = 57

57 = 57 (True)

"The(re) difference is 3": x - y = 3

30 - 27 = 3

3 = 3 (True)