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Problem
The difference between two positive integers is 6 and their product is 112. What is the sum of the integers?
Solution
Let the integers be and , with . We have the equations Squaring the first equation, we get Multiplying the second equation by four, we get . Adding these last two equations, we have In the last step, we take the positive square root because both and are given to be positive. The sum of the two integers is .
Final answer
22