document.write( "Question 298382: two numbers differ by 7 and the sum of their squares is 29. find the numbers \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "Equation 1: \"A+=+B+%2B+7\"
\n" ); document.write( "Equation 2: \"A%5E2+%2B+B%5E2+=+29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "Plug (B+7) into equation 2 for A
\n" ); document.write( "Equation 2: \"A%5E2+%2B+B%5E2+=+29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"%28B+%2B+7%29%5E2+%2B+B%5E2+=+29\" Expand
\n" ); document.write( "\"B%5E2+%2B+7B+%2B+7B+%2B+49+%2B+B%5E2+=+29\" Combine like terms
\n" ); document.write( "\"2B%5E2+%2B+14B+%2B+49+=+29\" Subtract 29 from both sides
\n" ); document.write( "\"2B%5E2+%2B+14B+%2B+20+=+0\" Factor out a 2 on the left side
\n" ); document.write( "\"2%2A%28B%5E2+%2B+7B+%2B+10%29+=+0\" Divides both sides by 2
\n" ); document.write( "\"B%5E2+%2B+7B+%2B+10+=+0\"
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\n" ); document.write( "Find the factor of 10: 1,2,5,10
\n" ); document.write( "2 & 5 fit the equation
\n" ); document.write( "\"B%5E2+%2B+7B+%2B+10+=+0\" rewrite teh equation
\n" ); document.write( "\"B+%2B+5%29+%2A+%28B+%2B+2%29+=+0\" There are two answers to solve for.
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\n" ); document.write( "\"B+%2B+5+=+0\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28B+=+-5%29\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\"B+%2B+2+=+0\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28B+=+-2%29\"
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\n" ); document.write( "Note that sice you have 2 B values, you will need to find 2 A values
\n" ); document.write( "Plug the B values into equation 1 to find A
\n" ); document.write( "Equation 1: \"A+=+B+%2B+7\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\"A+=+-5+%2B+7\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28A+=+2%29\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\"A+=+-2+%2B+7\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28A+=+5%29\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So you have two solutions:
\n" ); document.write( "The numbers can be -5 and 2
\n" ); document.write( "or they can be -2 and 5
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