SOLUTION: PLEASE HELP ME SOLVE THIS EQUATION: Te sum of two numbers is 8.5 and their product is 18. Find the numbers?
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Question 319272: PLEASE HELP ME SOLVE THIS EQUATION: Te sum of two numbers is 8.5 and their product is 18. Find the numbers?
Thank you!!
Answer by devjyotsingh24(4) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let one of the numbers be x.Then clearly the other no.=(8.5-x).
Using the other hint in the problem we get:
x*(8.5-x)=18
Thus x^x-8.5x+18=0
Now this is a pretty straightforward quadratic equation which should be solved using the quadratic formula.
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