document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=672799>Question 672799</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> What two positive numbers when multiplied together also equal the sum of the same two numbers?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "what I have tried so far:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "xy=a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+y=a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "xy=x+y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x(y-1)=y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=y/y-1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I know the answer is 2 but how do I show that? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "What two positive numbers when multiplied together also equal the sum of the same two numbers?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "what I have tried so far:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "xy=a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+y=a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "xy=x+y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x(y-1)=y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=y/y-1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I know the answer is 2 but how do I show that?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If the answer is 2, then you/the problem failed to mention that the two numbers are the same. If you'd mentioned this, then we solve as follows:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the number be N\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then N(N) = N + N\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "N(N - 2) = 0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "N = 0 (ignore, since the number is positive), and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%28N+=+2%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%28N+=+2%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > (the number you claim to be the answer).\r<BR>\n" );
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