Math, asked by swatantraverma, 1 year ago

Find two numbers whose sum is -12 and the difference is -2

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Answered by abhi178
2
let x and y are two numbers
now,
x+y=-12
x-y=-2
solve both equations
x=-7 and y=-5

Ranajoy: Answer is y=-5 and x=-7
Answered by karunakarkv
2
Let the two numbers are X and y
Sum of numbers x+y= - 12....... (1)
And differance is x-y = - 2........(2)
Then
x+y= - 12
x-y= - 2
2x= - 14
x= - 7
Now put the value of x in eq (1)
And then y= - 5

gmanjunath2008: on adding eq 1 and eq 2 , we get 2x= - 14
abhi178: yes but divide -14 to 2 get -7
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