SOLUTION: one number is 1 more than 3 times another number. find these positive numbers if their product is 154
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Question 522260: one number is 1 more than 3 times another number. find these positive numbers if their product is 154
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let 
represent "another" number. Then "one" number is 
then
\ =\ 154)
Solve the quadratic for the two values of "another" number then calculate for each. Check both results to ensure you didn't introduce an extraneous root.
John
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