document.write( "Question 681477: one number is equal to the square of another. Find the numbers if both are positive and their sum is 12 \n" ); document.write( "
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one number is equal to the square of another.
\n" ); document.write( "x = y^2
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\n" ); document.write( " Find the numbers if both are positive and their sum is 12
\n" ); document.write( "x + y = 12
\n" ); document.write( "replace x with y^2, you have a quadratic equation
\n" ); document.write( "y^2 + y - 12 = 0
\n" ); document.write( "Factors to
\n" ); document.write( "(y+4)(y-3) = 0
\n" ); document.write( "The positive solution is all they want here
\n" ); document.write( "y = 3
\n" ); document.write( "then
\n" ); document.write( "x = 3^2
\n" ); document.write( "x = 9
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\n" ); document.write( "they add up to 12 \n" ); document.write( "
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