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The product of two positive numbers is 48. The larger number is 13 more than the smaller. Find both numbers
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\n" ); document.write( "let x=smaller number
\n" ); document.write( "x+13=larger number
\n" ); document.write( "x(x+13)=48
\n" ); document.write( "x^2+13x=48
\n" ); document.write( "x^2+13x-48=0
\n" ); document.write( "(x+16)(x-3)=0
\n" ); document.write( "x=3
\n" ); document.write( "x+13=16
\n" ); document.write( "smaller number=3
\n" ); document.write( "larger number=16 \n" ); document.write( "

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