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26-07-2017
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The product of two numbers is 48. The first number is negative, and the second number is four more than twice the first number. What are the two numbers?

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amirreza688 amirreza688

28-07-2017

first number is a and second one is 2a+4
a(2a+4)=48
a(a+2)=24
a^2+2a-24=0
(a+6)(a-4)=0
the question says a is negative so a=-6 b=-8

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