document.write( "Question 371204: the product of two whole numbes is 96 and the sum is less than 30 what are the possibelities for the two numbers. \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #264460 by mananth(16946)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! let one number be x \n" ); document.write( "other be y \n" ); document.write( "x+y < 30 \n" ); document.write( "x*y =90 \n" ); document.write( "x= 90/y \n" ); document.write( "plug the value of x in the first equation \n" ); document.write( "x+y<30 \n" ); document.write( "90/y + y <30 \n" ); document.write( "(90+y^2)/y <30 \n" ); document.write( "90+y^2<30y \n" ); document.write( "-30y -30y \n" ); document.write( "y^2-30y+90<0 \n" ); document.write( "discriminant = 540 \n" ); document.write( "x1<(30+sqrt(540))/2 \n" ); document.write( "x1<26.6 \n" ); document.write( "x2<(30-sqrt(540))/2 \n" ); document.write( "x2<3.38 \n" ); document.write( ".. \n" ); document.write( "x<26.6 , y<3.38 (x+y)<30 \n" ); document.write( "x<3.38, y<26.6\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( ".. \n" ); document.write( "m.ananth@hotmail.ca \n" ); document.write( " |