SOLUTION: what two numbers whose product is -56 but whose sum is 10

SOLUTION: what two numbers whose product is -56 but whose sum is 10

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Question 322756: what two numbers whose product is -56 but whose sum is 10
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let A and B be the numbers.
1.
2.
Useing eq. 1,

Substitute into eq. 2,

Two solutions:

Then from eq. 1,

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Then from eq. 1,.

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14 and -4 are the two numbers.

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