SOLUTION: the sum of two numbers is 43 and their product is 450 what is the difference

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Question 963543: the sum of two numbers is 43 and their product is 450 what is the difference
Answer by hkwu(60)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Denote your numbers a, b.

and

Thus




Thus a = 18 or a = 25. This means b = 43 - 18 = 25 or b = 43 - 25 = 18, respectively. The absolute value of the difference between the numbers would be 7.
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