Question 56793: if the difference of two numbers is 10 and their product is 18,what is the sum of their squares?
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! If the difference of two numbers is 10, and their product is 18, what is the sum of their squares?
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"if the difference of two numbers is 10"
x - y = 10
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"their product is 18
x*y = 18
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FInd the numbers, worry about the sum of their squares later:
From the 1st equation:
x = y + 10
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Substitute (y+10) in the 2nd equation:
(y+10) * y = 18
y^2 + 10y - 18;
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No integer solution: Using quadratic formula, the positive solution:
y = + 1.557438524
Then
x = 11.557438524
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On a good calculator: 1.557438524^2 + 11.557438524^2 = 136
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