SOLUTION: find two numbers whose product 40 such that one numbers 2 more than two times other number.

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Question 385739: find two numbers whose product 40 such that one numbers 2 more than two times other number.
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x, 2x+2 are the two numbers.
Then x(2x + 2) = 40, or x(x+1) = 20, or x%5E2+%2B+x+-+20=0, or (x+5)(x-4) = 0.
Then x = -5, 4. There are two sets of solutions: {-5, -8}, and {4, 10}.