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