Its negative 1 because you have to find the proportional of the numbers and they have two since work backwards <span />
A * b = 30
a - b = 1
a + b = 11
take ur last 2 equations, and add them
a - b = 1
a + b = 11
--------------add
2a = 12
a = 12/2
a = 6
now its just a matter of subbing
a + b = 11
6 + b = 11
b = 11 - 6
b = 5
so a = 6 and b = 5...whose product is 30, whose difference is 1, and whose sum is 11.
Answer:
Two quantities have a proportional relationship if they can be expressed in the general form y = kx, where k is the constant of proportionality. In other words, these quantities always maintain the same ratio. That is, when you divide any pair of the two values, you always get the same number k.
The answer is supposed to be 28