document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1156649>Question 1156649</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> (x+y)^2-(x+y)^2=64. Given that x and y are positive integers, which of the following cannot be the value of x+y? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "A.8  B.10 C.17 D.24<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(x+y)^2-(x+y)^2=64. Given that x and y are positive integers, which of the following cannot be the value of x+y? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "A.8  B.10 C.17 D.24<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Answering formally, NO ONE of the values from the list is valid.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<U>The GLOBAL reason</U> &nbsp;is that the formula written in the post is &nbsp;INCORRECT // absurdist.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In the formula, &nbsp;its left side is &nbsp;IDENTICALLY &nbsp;equal to &nbsp;0 &nbsp;(zero, &nbsp;ZERO), <BR>\n" );
document.write( "while the right side has a constant non-zero value.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Try again, &nbsp;and be &nbsp;MORE &nbsp;ATTENTIVE &nbsp;next time . . . \r<BR>\n" );
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