SOLUTION: The product of 2 numbers is 2. One of the numbers is 4 more than the other. Find the numbers (but don't assum that they will be integers or even rational numbers.)
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Question 255803: The product of 2 numbers is 2. One of the numbers is 4 more than the other. Find the numbers (but don't assum that they will be integers or even rational numbers.)
Answer by Greenfinch(383) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Call one number x, then the other is x+4 and they multiply to 2
So x(x+4)=2 or
x^2 + 4x -2 = 0
x = -4 +-sqrt (16 - 8) / 2
x = 2+sqrt 6 or 2 - sqrt 6
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