x + y = 66
where x > y
2x - y = 177
rearrange the top equation:
y = 66 - x
substitute into the bottom:
2x - (66 - x) = 177
2x - (-x) - 66 = 177
2x + x - 66 = 177
2x + x = 111
3x = 111
x = 111/3 = 37
substitute back into the first equation:
37 + y = 66
y = 66 - 37 = 29
The smaller number is 9 . You should certainly be able to handle it from there.
It is NOT necessarily a positive. It will be positive only if it is a larger number minus a smaller number.
The idea is to subtract the larger number minus the smaller number.
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for starters it is negative seven not minus seven. and yes it is smaller than six because zero is the middle and since negative seven is smaller than it and six is larger it is obvious that negative seven is smaller.
The smaller number is 9 . You should certainly be able to handle it from there.
Yes
It is NOT necessarily a positive. It will be positive only if it is a larger number minus a smaller number.
1 minus the smaller number divided by the larger number.
The idea is to subtract the larger number minus the smaller number.
The difference between two numbers is the smaller number subtracted from the larger. This is the absolute value of the first number minus the second number. However, sometimes the term is used for the signed subtraction.
Do-it-in-your-head method:68 minus 12 is 56;Half of 56 is 28, this is your smaller number;28 + 12 is 40, this is the larger number.Shazam.
I put the larger number above the smaller number and then I subtract. 719 423 ----- 296
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for starters it is negative seven not minus seven. and yes it is smaller than six because zero is the middle and since negative seven is smaller than it and six is larger it is obvious that negative seven is smaller.
970.
Yes, when the bigger numbers are to the left of the smaller numbers. However, when the smaller numbers are to the left of the larger numbers, it is subtraction. For example, IV, four, is five minus four, as opposed to one plus one plus one plus one.