SOLUTION: One number is 3 more than 2 times another. Their product is 14. Find the numbers

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Question 959791: One number is 3 more than 2 times another. Their product is 14. Find the numbers
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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A%2AB=14
A=3%2B2B
Substituting,
%283%2B2B%29B=14
2B%5E2%2B3B-14=0
%28B-2%29%282B%2B7%29=0
Two solutions:
B-2=0
B=2
Then,
2A=14
A=7
and
2B%2B7=0
2B=-7
B=-7%2F2
Then,
A%28-7%2F2%29=14
A=-28%2F7
A=-4