SOLUTION: A positive real number is 2 more than another. When -4 times the smaller is added to the square of the larger, the result is 79. Find the numbers

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Question 1121797: A positive real number is 2 more than another. When -4 times the smaller is added to the square of the larger, the result is 79. Find the numbers
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Simplify and solve the resulting quadratic for . Discard the negative root because the problem says: "A positive real number..." Then calculate


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