SOLUTION: The product of two numbers is 96. One number is 4 more than the other number. Find the two numbers.
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Question 1049902: The product of two numbers is 96. One number is 4 more than the other number. Find the two numbers.
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let numbers be and
if the product of two numbers is , we have
........solve for
...............eq.1
if one number is more than the other number, we have
.........eq.2
from eq.1 and eq.2 we have
........solve for
.............use quadratic formula
...since ,, and we have
solutions:
->
or
->
now find corresponding for each
.........eq.2...if
.........eq.2...if
so, we have two solutions:
1. and
2. and
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