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Answer :

The first statement can be written mathematically as

[tex]x+y=105[/tex]

and the second statement can be written as

[tex]x-y=21[/tex]

Hence, we have 2 equations in 2 unknows. We can solve this system by elimination:

If we add these equations, we have

[tex]\begin{gathered} 2x+0=105+21 \\ \text{this gives } \\ 2x=84 \end{gathered}[/tex]

therfore,

[tex]\begin{gathered} x=\frac{84}{2} \\ x=42 \end{gathered}[/tex]

Since we know x, we can substitute this value into the first equation, It yields

[tex]42+y=105[/tex]

and now we can isolate y:

[tex]\begin{gathered} y=105-42 \\ y=63 \end{gathered}[/tex]

Finally, the answer is (63,42)