document.write( "Question 894317: The sum of the squares of two numbers is 256 and the square of their sum is 784. What is the product of the two numbers? \n" ); document.write( "
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Two numbers, x and y.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x%5E2%2By%5E2=256\" and \"%28x%2By%29%5E2=784\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The 784 equation is \"x%5E2%2By%5E2%2B2xy=784\"; subtract the circle 256 equation from it:
\n" ); document.write( "\"2xy=784-256\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"2xy=528\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight_green%28xy=264%29\"----THE ACTUAL ANSWER TO THE QUESTION
\n" ); document.write( "\"y=264%2Fx\", and try substituting this into the circle equation.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x%5E2%2B%28264%2Fx%29%5E2=256\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"x%5E4%2B264=256x%5E2\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"x%5E4-256x%5E2%2B264=0\"
\n" ); document.write( "Solve for \"x%5E2\"
\n" ); document.write( "Discriminant: \"256%5E2-4%2A264=64480\"
\n" ); document.write( "which is \"2%5E5%2A5%2A13%2A31\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"x%5E2=%28256%2B-+4sqrt%284030%29%29%2F2\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28x=0%2B-+%28%28256%2B-+4sqrt%284030%29%29%2F2%29%29\", which is four different values.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "This is not really finished.
\n" ); document.write( "Still want to find y for each of those x values.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Note, the actual question was to find the product of x and y, which was actually found early in this work.
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