SOLUTION: The difference between two numbers is 2 and the difference of their squares is 28.Find the numbers?

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Question 615474: The difference between two numbers is 2 and the difference of their squares is 28.Find the numbers?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hint: "The difference between two numbers is 2" means that . You can solve for x to get


The "difference of their squares is 28" means . From here, you can plug in to get

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