SOLUTION: Could you please help me. One positive number is eight more than another. The sum of their squares is 104. Find both numbers.
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Question 1068535: Could you please help me. One positive number is eight more than another. The sum of their squares is 104. Find both numbers.
Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, Fombitz:
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x-y = 8
x^2 + y^2 = 104
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Substitute,
Solve this using the quadratic formula or completing the square.
Then once you have B use either original equation to solve for A.
You will have multiple answers.
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