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Product of Two Numbers, Difference of their Squares
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Another one from YouTube. I'm not going to watch it.
Given that
x²-y²=24
xy = 35
Find
x + y
Solution
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Square the first equation, and get
x⁴-2x²y²+y⁴=576 (1)
Also square the second one:
x²y²=1225 (2)
Add 4 times quation (2) to (1):
x⁴+2x²y²+y⁴=5476
or
x⁴+2x²y²+y⁴=74²
Take square roots:
x²+y²=74
Add twice the second equation xy=35
x²+2xy+y²=144
Square root again:
x+y=±12