Given that sum of the two numbers is 4 and product is .
Let x be a number and the other number is .
(The product of two numbers is
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(Distributive property)
(Add 117 on each side)
Make a table for obtained function.
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Draw the graph of the function .
Draw a co-ordinate plane.
\Plot the points.
\Draw a smooth curve through this points.
\The graph has x-intercepts they are and 13.
The original equation has real solutions.
\Therefore the possible two real numbers are and 13.
The quadratic equation is .
The graph of the quadratic equation is
\The two real numbers are and 13.