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In Mathematics / Middle School | 2014-01-22

Which two numbers multiply to give you 100 and add to give you 10?

Asked by melissarae

Answer (3)

which two numbers multiply to give you 100 and add to give you 10: x*y = 100 x+y = 10
x = 10 - y x(10-x) = 100 10x - x^2 = 100
... I don t remember the delta statment :)

Answered by and1morefun | 2024-06-10

Let x and y represent the two numbers we are looking for.
x*y = 100 x+y = 10
Solving for y, x+y-x = 10-x y = 10-x
Substituting this into our first equation, we have: x(10-x) = 100
Using the distributive property, x 10 - x x = 100 10x - x² = 100
Writing this in standard form, we need to subtract 100 from each side: 10x - x² - 100 = 100 - 100 10x - x² - 100 = 0
In standard form, this is -x²+10x-100 = 0.
This is in the form ax²+bx+c; in our equation, a = -1, b = 10 and c = -100.
We will use the quadratic formula for this:
x = 2 a − b ± b 2 − 4 a c ​ ​ = 2 ( − 1 ) − 10 ± 1 0 2 − 4 ( − 1 ) ( − 100 ) ​ ​ = − 2 − 10 ± 100 − 400 ​ ​ = − 2 − 10 ± − 300 ​ ​
There is no real square root of -300, so there are no real number solutions to this.

Answered by MsEHolt | 2024-06-25

There are no real numbers that multiply to give 100 and add to give 10. The equations lead to a situation where the square root of a negative number is involved, indicating no real solutions exist. Thus, the problem has no solution in the real number system.
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Answered by MsEHolt | 2024-09-03