The product of two positive number is 56.if their difference is 10,find the numbers.

4 answers

smaller --- x
larger ---- x+10

x(x+10) = 56
x^2 + 10x = 56

x^2 + 10x + 25 = 56 + 25
(x+5)^2 = 81
x+5 = 9
x=4

one is 4, the other is 14
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Let, one number be x
Other number be x+10

Then,
x(x+10)=56
x^2+10x=56