SOLUTION: one positive number is 10 more than twice another. If their product is 252 what are the numbers?
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Question 380280: one positive number is 10 more than twice another. If their product is 252 what are the numbers?
Answer by kutekarthik(3) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let the one number be x and another be y
From the given , y=10+2x
xy=252
x(10+2x)=252
2x^2+10x-252=0
On solving the above eqn, we get x=9 and x=-14
Since given x is positive number so x=9 and y=28
Numbers are 9 and 28
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