Question

can you help?
Use guess, check and comment to find two numbers whose sum and product are given. Sum = 83, product = 1632

Answer 1

http://openstudy.com/groups/mathematics
factorize 1632 you get 1,2,2,2,2,2,51
we have to make a sum of 83 using these.
which happens to be 32 and51

so the numbers are 32 and51

Answer 2

x+y=82
xy=1632
x(82-x)=1632

Answer 3

mrjoselson's first two equations when solved for x and y give:
\[\{x\to 34\},\{x\to 48\} \] 34*48 = 1632