The average of two numbers is 50. Their difference is 40, how do you write an equation that may be used to find x the smallest of the two numbers?
1 Answer
Explanation:
You know that you need to find two numbers,
The average of two numbers is equal to their sum divided by
The difference between
You thus have a system of two equations
To solve for
Plug this into the second equation to get
The value of
The value of