document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1188466>Question 1188466</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The radical <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+sqrt%2894%2Bsqrt%281440%29%29+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+sqrt%2894%2Bsqrt%281440%29%29+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > can be expressed as <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+sqrt%28a%29%2Bsqrt%28b%29+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+sqrt%28a%29%2Bsqrt%28b%29+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, where <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+a%3Cb+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+a%3Cb+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. What is the product ab? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #819554 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><B>ikleyn(52799)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=ikleyn><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=819554\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> .\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "As posed, &nbsp;there is only one equation for finding two real numbers.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "THEREFORE, &nbsp;the problem has &nbsp;INFINITELY &nbsp;many solutions &nbsp;( more than billion ).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It is because the problem's posted formulation is &nbsp;INCORRECT.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Surely, &nbsp;I know the correct formulation and know the way to solve it,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "but I do not want to make &nbsp;YOUR &nbsp;JOB, &nbsp;correcting your writing after you.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In accordance with the rules of this forum &nbsp;( and in accordance \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "with the human common sense ), &nbsp;it is &nbsp;<U>your duty</U> \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and &nbsp;<U>your responsibility</U> &nbsp;to provide a correct input.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Edwin, when you start criticize me, you contradict to yourself.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "From your post, you agree with me that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%2894%2Bsqrt%281440%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%2894%2Bsqrt%281440%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >  can be presented as <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%28a%29%2Bsqrt%28b%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%28a%29%2Bsqrt%28b%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > by billion ways, \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "using different real numbers \"a\" and \"b\".\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It immediately implies that the product a*b may have billion different values.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It was exactly what I said in my post.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Yes, if to add several other assumptions, like integer values for \"a\" and \"b\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and some other mathematically indesribable assumptions like \"simplicity of the terms\",\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "then you will come to an expected answer, but these assumptions ARE NOT in the original formulation.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It was what I told in my post.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It is not me who \"misinterpreted\" this post.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It is you, who brought assumptions that there not in the original post.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What is strange to me (and it is why I write these lines), is to hear from you that I \"misinterpreted\" something in this problem.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In opposite, I interpreted it EXACTLY as it was written.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "For your info, I solved TENS similar (but correctly formulated) problems in this forum,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and wrote several lessons related to these issues.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "And I understand EXACTLY the hidden meaning of this problem: it is clear to me from the first glance.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I criticized the visitor and the creator of this post (for whom I think they both are the same person)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "because they (or he) HIDE the true meaning of the problem.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Edwin, please do not explain me the meaning of such problems - it is clear to me from my 7-th grade class.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Do not spend your time for nothing.\r<BR>\n" );
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