SOLUTION: A positive real number is 4 more than another. If the sum of the squares of the two numbers is 72, find the numbers. (If applicable, write your answers in the form p±qsqrt(

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Question 1091663: A positive real number is 4 more than another. If the sum of the squares of the two numbers is 72, find the numbers.
(If applicable, write your answers in the form p±qsqrt(r))

Answer by MathLover1(20849)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let one number be and another number
if one number is more than another, we have:
....eq.1
if the sum of the squares of the two numbers is , we have:
....eq.2....substitute from eq.1
.....solve for


...simplify, divide by









find
....eq.1





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