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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