SOLUTION: Hi tutor, please try to help solve this question for me please!! If a^2+b^2=52 and ab=24, find a+b and (a-b)^2.

SOLUTION: Hi tutor, please try to help solve this question for me please!! If a^2+b^2=52 and ab=24, find a+b and (a-b)^2.

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Question 867630: Hi tutor, please try to help solve this question for me please!!
If a^2+b^2=52 and ab=24, find a+b and (a-b)^2.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Main goal is solve for a and b. You can start this way:

, then .
Substitute,

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