one number is 9 more than another the sum of the two numbers is 29

Question

one number is 9 more than another the sum of the two numbers is 29

Answer 1

Translation is the hard part.

First, identify the quantities involved:

Let x be “one number”

let y be “another number”

 

Next Translate the words into equation(s) that relate them.

Translate “one number is 9 more than another” into “x = 9 + y”

Translate “the sum of the two numbers is 29” into “x+y=29”

 

Now you have two equations in two unknowns that you know how to solve.