SOLUTION: The sum of two numbers is six. The sum of the squares of the two numbers is twenty. Find the two numbers.
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Question 169364: The sum of two numbers is six. The sum of the squares of the two numbers is twenty. Find the two numbers.
Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
lets call the 2 numbers a and b
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a+b=6...eq 1
eq 2
take value of a which is 6-b from eq 1 and plug it into eq 2
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(b=2 and b=4)
(a=4 and a=2)
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