>Guess your right either would work. This came from my son's math book with the question:
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"The product of 2 numbers is 2400 one number is 20 more than the other">
>So that's the equation I came up with. Maybe I'm over complicating the question but it seems correct. Its a 4th grade math book for crying out loud, so could it really be a "Quadratic equation" :)
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>Thanks
>Jon
Your formula looks right to me, but you are right it seems a little too complex for a fourth grader.
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