document.write( "Question 683060: I don't know what type of help I need. I am trying to solve the problem - the product of two numbers is 442. The sum of the two numbers is 43. Find the two numbers. I don't know if this is algebra or what it is. I tried timesing 43 by several numbers and I tried dividing 442 but I can't find an answer. \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "I think the best way is to break 442 into its prime factors:\r\n" );
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document.write( "442 = 2×13×17\r\n" );
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document.write( "The prime factors are 2,13, and 17\r\n" );
document.write( "So there are three pairs you can make by grouping two of them\r\n" );
document.write( "and taking the product of the two grouped times the third:\r\n" );
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document.write( "2×(13×17) = 2×221, and the sum of 2+221 is 223, not 43\r\n" );
document.write( "(2×17)×13 = 34×13, and the sum of 34+13 is 47, not 43.\r\n" );
document.write( "(2×13)×17 = 26×17, and the sum of 26+17 is 43, so the answer is 26 and 17.\r\n" );
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