SOLUTION: The sum of two numbers is seven. The sum is the squares of the two numbers is twenty-five. Find the two numbers.

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Question 1175575: The sum of two numbers is seven. The sum is the squares of the two numbers is twenty-five. Find the two numbers.
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The sum of two numbers is seven. The sum highlight%28cross%28is%29%29 OF the squares of the two numbers is twenty-five. Find the two numbers.
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The numbers are  x and  (7-x).


The equation to solve is THIS


    x^2 + (7-x)^2 = 25.


Standard presentation of the number of 25 as the sum of two squares is 16 + 9 = 25.


So, the numbers are  4 and 3,  in any order.      ANSWER

Solved.