The difference between two numbers is (9) and their product is (486). What is the smaller number?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: (18)
If the smaller number is (x) and larger is (x+9), then (x(x+9)=486), giving (x=18). Keep the difference between larger and smaller correct.
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(18)
Why is this the correct answer?
If the smaller number is (x) and larger is (x+9), then (x(x+9)=486), giving (x=18). Keep the difference between larger and smaller correct.
Which subject and chapter does this question cover?
This is a Class 10 Mathematics question. Chapter: Quadratic Equations. Topic: Word Problems and Applications.
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