SOLUTION: The product of two numbers is 36 and their sum is 37. What is their difference ?

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Question 955096: The product of two numbers is 36 and their sum is 37. What is their difference ?
Answer by addingup(3677)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Two numbers that we will call a and b:
ab= 36
a+b= 37
You only have one choice:
ab= 1*36, and
a+b = 36+1= 37. Finally, your answer is:
a-b = 36-1= 35

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