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document.write( "One number is 5 more than another 
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document.write( "their product is 14
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document.write( " xy = 14
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document.write( "(y+5)y = 14
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document.write( " y^2 + 5y - 14 = 0
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document.write( "(y+7)(y-2) = 0
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document.write( "  (y+7) = 0, y = -7
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document.write( "  (y-2) = 0, y = 2
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document.write( "Number are: x= -2 and y= -7  0r x= 7 and y= 2 \n" );
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