smaller number --- x
larger number ---- x+40
arithmetic mean = (x + x+40)/2 = x+20
geometric mean = √(x(x+40))
x+20 - 2 = √(x^2 + 40x)
square both sides
x^2 + 36x + 324 = x^2 + 40x
324 = 4x
x = 81
one number is 81 and the other is 121
check:
AM = (81+121)/2 = 101
GM = √(81x121) = 99
The AM exceed the GM by 2
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the arithmetic mean of two numbers exceeds their geometric mean by two. find the numbers if one is 40 less than other?
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Where do you get x + 20?
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