SOLUTION: one number is 7 more than another and its square is 77 more than the square of the smaller number.what are the numbers?

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Question 641699: one number is 7 more than another and its square is 77 more than the square of the smaller number.what are the numbers?

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one number is more than another number ;
.........1
and its square is more than the square of the smaller
...............2
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.........1
...............2.....solve the system
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.........1...plug in 2 and solve for
...............2






...now find
.........1




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