Answer:
[tex]38[/tex] and [tex]68[/tex].
Step-by-step explanation:
Let [tex]x[/tex] be the smaller one of the two number.
[tex]x[/tex] must be a positive integer. The other number would be [tex](x + 30)[/tex].
The question states that the product of the two numbers is [tex]2584[/tex]. In other words:
[tex]x\, (x + 30) = 2584[/tex].
Rearrange this equation and solve for [tex]x[/tex]:
[tex]x^{2} + 30\, x - 2584 = 0[/tex].
The first root of this quadratic equation would be:
[tex]\begin{aligned}x_{1} &= \frac{(-30) + \sqrt{30^{2} - 4 \times (-2584)}}{2} \\ &= \frac{(-30) + \sqrt{900 + 10336}}{2} \\ &= \frac{(-30) + \sqrt{11236}}{2} \\ &= \frac{(-30)}{2} + \sqrt{\frac{11236}{2^{2}}} \\ &= (-15) + \sqrt{2809} \\ &= (-15) + 53 \\ &= 38 \end{aligned}[/tex].
Similarly, the second root of this quadratic equation would be:
[tex]\begin{aligned}x_{1} &= \frac{(-30) - \sqrt{30^{2} - 4 \times (-2584)}}{2} \\ &= (-15) - 53 \\ &= -68\end{aligned}[/tex].
Since the question requires that both numbers should be positive, [tex]x > 0[/tex]. Therefore, only [tex]x = 38[/tex] is valid.
Hence, the two numbers would be [tex]38[/tex] and [tex](38 + 30)[/tex], which is [tex]68[/tex].
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Answer:
38 and 68
Step-by-step explanation:
Let x represent the average of the two numbers. Then their product is ...
(x -15)(x +15) = 2584
x^2 = 2584 +225 = 2809 . . . . . . use relation (x -a)(x +a) = x^2 -a^2; add a^2
x = √2809 = 53
Then the two numbers are ...
53 +15 = 68
and
68 -30 = 38
The two numbers are 38 and 68.
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Additional comment
Solving the problem in this way is equivalent to writing the quadratic equation for the smallest (or largest) number and solving that by completing the square. The "solution" x = -53 is not relevant in this problem.
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