"Suppose you have two numbers. The difference of the two numbers is 12. The product of the two numbers is 17. Multiply the larger of the two numbers by 100, add 50 times the smaller number to that, round the total to the nearest whole number, and that's my price."
2007-03-21 11:25:58 · 3 answers · asked by juditob 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
This makes absolutely no sense, as 17 is a prime number, so the only two numbers that have 17 as a product are 17 and 1. The difference between them is not 12.
Please check the problem and try again.
2007-03-21 11:35:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If n is the lower number, n+12 is the higher one. So n(n+12) = 17
n(n+12) is n^2 + 12n = 17 so n^2 + 12n - 17 = 0
Solve this for positive n using quadratic formula.
Then since you want 100(n+12) + 50n, just plug in the answer you get for n and round off. There you go!
PS Where did this question come from? Either one person has many accounts and keeps asking it, or a lot of people are trying to get the answer, since it has occurred several times in the last half hour in various Yahoo Answer sections.
2007-03-21 18:41:50 · answer #2 · answered by hayharbr 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ha! u got this from neopets :P
don't worry, i'm trying to figure the answer out too xD
2007-03-21 20:13:50 · answer #3 · answered by Kmisun 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋