SOLUTION: x+y=-1 xy=12

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Question 1034748: x+y=-1
xy=12

Answer by josgarithmetic(39617)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
That would make no sense for representing a mixture. What are being summed to give a negative value? What would be a product to give a positive value?

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