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What have you tried? I will assume that you are restricting yourself to integer pairs. So try various pairs.

. . . . .1×24 = 24, 1 + 24 = 25

...so that won't work.

. . . . .2×12 = 24, 2 + 12 = 14

...so that won't work.

Try other pairs. (There are only four of them, in the positive integers.) Is there any solution?

Eliz.
 
Otherwise, if you can solve it
ab = 24
b = 24/a
a+b = a+24/a = 24
a²-24a+24 = 0
 
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