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Question 763589: Find the two consecutive composite number whose sum is 10 and whose product is 24
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Not knowing at what level of study is the question intended, look at the numbers from { 1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10 }. NONE is prime.
What combinations of two numbers give sum of 10?
1 and 9
4 and 6
Those are all the possibilities.
Next, which combination from the ones just found give a product of 24?
Just the 4 and the 6.
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ANSWER: 4 and 6.
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