SOLUTION: Find two positive numbers such that the sum of the squares of the two numbers is 245 and the difference between the two numbers is 7.
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Question 1040793: Find two positive numbers such that the sum of the squares of the two numbers is 245 and the difference between the two numbers is 7.
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Answer by ikleyn(52794) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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7 and 14.
= .
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
^2\ =\ 245)
Expand the squared binomial, collect like terms in the LHS, and solve the quadratic for 
, excluding the negative root, then calculate 
.
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