document.write( "Question 980788: one number is eight more than another. their product is -16. what are the numbers?
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numbers are x, and x+8
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\n" ); document.write( "x(x+8)=x^2+8x
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\n" ); document.write( "x^2+8x=-16
\n" ); document.write( "x^2+8x+16=0
\n" ); document.write( "(x+4)^2=0
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