Two positive numbers have a difference of 4 and a product of 96. What are the numbers?
A. 12 and 8
B. 16 and 6
C. 16 and 12
D. 18 and 14

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Two positive numbers have a difference of 4 and a product of 96. What are the numbers?
A. 12 and 8
B. 16 and 6
C. 16 and 12
D. 18 and 14

mertsj · Answer

Well with a list of answers in front of you why don't you subtract and see which ones have a difference of 4?

mertsj · Answer

After you find the ones that do, why don't you multiply them and see which ones have a product of 96?  When you find them, choose that answer!!

mertsj · Answer

Did you get it?

anonymous · Answer

yeeh

mertsj · Answer

Good job!!  Which answer is it?

anonymous · Answer

after find which ones have a difference of four.  you can approximate that 2 are way to high because they are greater than 100.  both numbers are greater than 10 so they have to be greater than 100 leaving only one answer