SOLUTION: one number is 1 more than 3 times another number. find these positive numbers if their product is 154

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Question 522260: one number is 1 more than 3 times another number. find these positive numbers if their product is 154
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Let represent "another" number. Then "one" number is

then





Solve the quadratic for the two values of "another" number then calculate for each. Check both results to ensure you didn't introduce an extraneous root.

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