SOLUTION: One positive number is three more than another. Their product is 180. What are those two numbers?
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Question 851513: One positive number is three more than another. Their product is 180. What are those two numbers?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x=y+3,
x*y-180
(y+3)*y=180
y^2+3y-180=0
(y-12) (y+15) = 0
y=12 x=15
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