When the sum of two whole numbers is multiplied by the difference of the numbers the result is 85 if the difference of the two numbers is not one what is there sum

What is always true when two whole numbers are subtracted?

9.4.34  question   to estimate the height of a stone  figure, an observer holds a small square up to her eyes and walks backward from the figure. she stops when the bottom of the figure aligns with the bottom edge of the  square, and when the top of the figure aligns with the top edge of the square. her eye level is 1.811.81 m from the ground. she is 3.703.70 m from the figure. what is the height of the figure to the nearest hundredth of a  meter?

Alarger number is double the sum of a smaller number. the larger number is 2 less than 3 times the smaller number. if y represents the larger number and x represents the smaller number, which equations model the situation