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
