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Question 1042159
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There exist two numbers such that one number is the square of another. Their sum is 132. What are the numbers?
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You can either use guess-and-check, or factor the left-hand-side, or use the quadratic formula. You should obtain two solutions x = 11 and x = -12. To check:
