SOLUTION: The product of two numbers is 72. Their quotient is 2. What are the two numbers?

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Question 892947: The product of two numbers is 72. Their quotient is 2. What are the two numbers?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20054)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The product of two numbers is 72.

Their quotient is 2.
 

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Let 

Let 

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Multiply equals by equals:



Cancel the y's, multiply 72 by 2







Substitute  for  in









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What are the two numbers?
Two solutions:

They are either +12 and +6, or -12 and -6

Edwin
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