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The difference of two postive number is 5 and the sum of their squares is 233. What are the numbers?
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Question 255920: Solve:
The difference of two postive number is 5 and the sum of their squares is 233. What are the numbers?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let 
represent the larger of the two numbers.
Let 
represent the smaller of the two numbers.
Therefore:
But
Therefore, by substitution:
^2\ = 233)
Solve the quadratic and discard the negative root. The larger number is the positive root.
John
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