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Question
Two natural numbers differ by 2 and the sum of their squares is 202. The sum of the numbers is ______.
Options
14
16
18
20
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Solution
Two natural numbers differ by 2 and the sum of their squares is 202. The sum of the numbers is 20.
Explanation:
The numbers are 9 and 11 because their difference is 2 and their squares sum to 81 + 121 = 202. Their sum is 20; 14, 16 and 18 are not the sum of this pair.
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