Question

For the following two numbers, find two factors of the first number such that their product is the first number and their sum is the second number.

16, 10
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Answer 1

Answer: To find the answer, I first understood that the first number is a product of two factors and the second number is the sum of those two factors.

So, I started by listing out all the factors of the first number which is 16. The factors of 16 are 1, 2, 4, 8, 16.

Then I looked for a pair of factors from the list whose product is 16 and sum is 10.

I found the pair (4, 6) which satisfies the condition.

So, I confirmed that 4 x 6 = 16 and 4 + 6 = 10.

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