If the product of two numbers is 72 and their difference is 6, what are the numbers?
Category: Math · Difficulty: expert
Hint: Use substitution to find the two numbers.
Answer
12 and 6
Explanation
Let the numbers be x and y; x*y=72 and x-y=6 leads to the solutions 12 and 6.
This is a expert math riddle — one of the harder riddles here. The answer is 12 and 6.
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