The difference between two numbers is eight. if the smaller number exceeds half of the larger number by fourteen, what are the numbers?

x < y

 y - x = 8

x = y/2 + 14

y - (y/2 + 14) = 8

y - .5y -14 = 8

.5y = 22

y=44

x = 44 - 8 = 36



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