One number exceeds another by 4. the sumof the numbers is 74.what are the numbers?

Okey Beast29 the first thing we can do is write this in a way that looks like an equation. We don't know thee number is so we'll call it x

One number exceeds another by 4
x + 4
and the end result is 74
x + 4 = 74

subtract 4 from both sides
x + 4 = 74
  -4       -4

And we get x =70

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