More algebra

[junior carbon]

How should I go about this?
Is it x+12=38?

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[junior carbon]

Never mind besties, I solved it

I think it’s 13,25

I’m praying it is that

[wintry sigil]

Well you have 2 numbers let’s call them x and y

One exceeds another by 12 so their difference is 12

Ie x-y=12

The sum of both is 38

So x+y=38

You have a system that is quite simple to solve then

[junior carbon]

I think the way to solve it was 2x+12=38

Then it gave you 13

Now you just gotta add 13 and 12

You get 25

There’s both of the answers but I’m not sure if I got them right

[wintry sigil]

Well from the problem there seems to be 2 numbers

[wintry sigil]

Where did the 2x come from ?

[junior carbon]

It says 1 number exceeds another

Hold on I took a pic of this

Never mind bestie I did not take a pic of that

I wrote it down tho cuz I used a “help me solve this” program

And it said that when it says “one number exceeds another” it means 2x

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Tbh I’m not sure if I got that question wrong or not

[wintry sigil]

Well I may have misunderstood the problem but for me when it says a number exceeds another by 12 that means that x=y+12

[junior carbon]

That’s an interesting way to put it

[wintry sigil]

So the number x exceeds the number y by 12

[junior carbon]

I need to do practice on those

Because the word math problems confuse me

[wintry sigil]

Yeah it’s really confusing I agree

[junior carbon]

See how confusing those are

[wintry sigil]

Is this even the same problem?

[wintry sigil]

I think there is a part that’s missing

Because from what is written the 2x doesn’t make any sense

[junior carbon]

No they’re examples

[junior carbon]

Yeah I’m sorry that does sound confusing, I wish I could’ve took a picture to show you what I meant

[wintry sigil]

Np

Well if I do it the way I see it like before you have x-y=12 and x+y=38

Thus 2x=50

Thus x=25

Now 25+y=38

So y=13

The final answers are then x=25 and y=13

[atomic storm]

It's implicitly taking y = x + 12. Then x + y = 38 becomes x + x + 12 = 2x + 12 = 38.

[wintry sigil]

I didn’t think it through