SOLUTION: one number is 12 greater than another. The product of the numbers is 28. What are the numbers?

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Question 419233: one number is 12 greater than another. The product of the numbers is 28. What are the numbers?
Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
28 doesn't have many factors.
1 & 28 don't fit.
2 & 14 work, that's the answer.
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4 & 7 don't work.

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