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Find two numbers adding up to 20 such that their squares is as small as possible,

User Jerami
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10+10 because it's the smallest possible square it could be. Hope this helps, have fun in math!
User Sergey Zhukov
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10+10 because the sum of their squares is 200, if you choose any other pair, the sum of their squares will be higher.
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