Anushka Lall

CAT Preparation Community 2y ago

Let a and b be natural numbers. If a²+ab+a=14 and b²+ab+b=28, then(2a+b) equals?

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Shiv Raj 2y ago

a=2 and b=4 2a+b = 8

Harshvardhan Sharma 2y ago

a=2 and b= 4so answer will be 8

Pulkit Goyal 2y ago

a(a+b+1)=14 ...i b(a+b+1)=28 ...ii ii/i: b/a=2 let a=x, b=2x x(x+2x+1)=14 x=2,-7/3 for natural number x=a=2, b=4

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