Answer:
20.875
Step-by-step explanation:
18+24+17+21+24+16+29+18=167/8=20.875
The larger number is (-7+14)/2 = 3.5.
The smaller number is (-7-14)/2 = -10.5.
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The two equations a+b=-7, a-b=14 can be solved to get these results. It is genrally convenient to solve them by adding one to the other, or subtracting one from the other.
It can never be a square.
Here I copy the steps and indicate where the error is.
Square root of negative 2x plus 1 − 3 = x=> <span>this is the starting equation
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√[ - 2x + 1] - 3 = x
Square root of negative 2x plus 1 − 3 + 3 = x + 3 in this step she added 3 to each side, which is fine
<span> Square root
of negative 2x plus 1 = x + 3 <span>she made the addtions => fine</span></span>
Square root of negative 2x plus 1 − 1 = x + 3 – 1 due to <span>plus 1 in inside the square root, this step will not help</span>
<span> Square root
of negative 2 x = x + 2 <span>wrong! she cannot simplify - 1 that is out of the square root with +1 that is inside the square root
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<span>Then, from here on all is wrong, but she made other additional mistakes.</span>
(Square root of negative 2 x)2 = (x − 4)2 −2x <span> the right side should be (x+2)^2 which is x^2 + 4x +4 not (x-4)^2 - 2x</span>
Later she made a mistake changing the sign of -8x to +8x
Those are the mistakes. Finally, the global error is that she should verify whether the found values satisfied the original equation.
