If a^2-b^2=10 and a-b=2 what is a+b?
We can use difference of squares for the first equation to get:
(a+b)(a−b)=10
Then we can substitute our second equation in to get:
(a+b)(2)=10
Dividing both sides by 2, we get:
a+b=5
remember that a2−b2 can be factorized into (a+b)(a−b)