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what two numbers multiply to 394.24 and adds up to 40?

 Dec 9, 2014

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what two numbers multiply to 394.24 and adds up to 40 ?

 \boxed{ \begin{array}{rcl} x_1+x_2 &=& 40 \ \quad x_1*x_2 &=& 394.24 \end{array} } 

\small{\text{ set $x^2 - (x_1+x_2)x + x_1*x_2 = 0$ }}  $\\$ \small{\text{ than we have $x^2 - 40x + 394.24 = 0$  }} $\\$ \small{\text{  and the solution for $x_1$ and $x_2$ is: $\frac{ -b\pm\sqrt{b^2-4ac} } {2a}$ }} $\\$ \small{\text{  $x_{1,2}=\frac{ 40\pm\sqrt{1600-4*394.24 } } {2}  = \frac{ 40\pm\sqrt{23.04} }{2} = \frac{ 40\pm4.8 }{2} $ }} $\\$ \small{\text{  $x_1=\frac{ 40+4.8 }{2} = 22.4 $ }} }} $\\$ \small{\text{  $x_2=\frac{ 40-4.8 }{2} = 17.6$ }}

 Dec 10, 2014
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So

x + y = 40    →   y = 40 - x

And

xy = 394.24  

And substituting for y in the second equation, we have

x(40 - x) = 394.24   simplify

40x - x^2  = 394.24     multiply everything by 100

4000x - 100x^2 = 39424   rearrange

100x^2 - 4000x + 39424  = 0     this might be a little difficult to factor directly.... using the onsite solver, we have

100×x24000×x+39424=0{x=1125x=885}{x=22.4x=17.6}

And there are the two numbers...  if x = 22.4, then y = 17.6 .......or vice-versa........I didn't anticipate that we might get a "clean" answer like that !!!

 

 Dec 9, 2014
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avatar+26397 
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what two numbers multiply to 394.24 and adds up to 40 ?

 \boxed{ \begin{array}{rcl} x_1+x_2 &=& 40 \ \quad x_1*x_2 &=& 394.24 \end{array} } 

\small{\text{ set $x^2 - (x_1+x_2)x + x_1*x_2 = 0$ }}  $\\$ \small{\text{ than we have $x^2 - 40x + 394.24 = 0$  }} $\\$ \small{\text{  and the solution for $x_1$ and $x_2$ is: $\frac{ -b\pm\sqrt{b^2-4ac} } {2a}$ }} $\\$ \small{\text{  $x_{1,2}=\frac{ 40\pm\sqrt{1600-4*394.24 } } {2}  = \frac{ 40\pm\sqrt{23.04} }{2} = \frac{ 40\pm4.8 }{2} $ }} $\\$ \small{\text{  $x_1=\frac{ 40+4.8 }{2} = 22.4 $ }} }} $\\$ \small{\text{  $x_2=\frac{ 40-4.8 }{2} = 17.6$ }}

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