SOLUTION: the sum of two numbers is six. the sum of the squares of the two numbers is twenty. find the two numbers

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Question 372223: the sum of two numbers is six. the sum of the squares of the two numbers is twenty. find the two numbers
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Let represent one of the numbers, then the other number must be .

Then:



Solve for .

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