One number exceeds another by 6. The sum of the numbers is 34. What are the numbers?

Answer 1

x = y + 6

x + y = 34

Substitute Eq 1 into 2, you get

y + 6 + y = 34

2y = 28

y = 28 / 2 = 14

x = y + 6 = 14 + 6 = 20