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What is xy, I don't know :)

Date Posted: 4 years ago
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4 years ago
|x - y||y - x| - (x + y)² = 28


Since |x - y| = |-(y - x)| = |-1||y - x| = |y - x|,

|y - x||y - x| - (x + y)² = 28

(y - x)² - (x + y)² = 28

y² - 2xy + x² - (x² + 2xy + y²) = 28

-4xy = 28

xy = 28/-4 = -7

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(Y-x)^2 - (x+y)^2 = 2x . 2y = 28 => xy = 7
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