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Quick math question!!!?
For my math class...
A person is trying to sell you something... here is the problem...
"Suppose you have two numbers. The difference of the two numbers is 12. The product of the two numbers is 17. Multiply the larger of the two numbers by 100, add 50 times the smaller number to that, round the total to the nearest whole number, and that's my price."
4 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Buy from someone else? :)
Seriously, though, start by writing equations to represent the situation.
The difference of the two numbers is 12: x - y = 12
The product of the two numbers is 17: x * y = 17
Solve the system of equations and then follow the rest of the directions.
Good luck!
- 1 decade ago
x-y=12
xy=17
12+y=x
(12+y)y=17
solve for y, then solve for x, then worry about the rest.
