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Sum of the digits number is 8 and their product is 12. Find the difference between the digits?

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2×6 is 12 and sum of 2+6 is 8. There difference of the 2 and 6 is 4.

Hence A is our correct answer
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CCommunity
4

x + y = 8
xy = 12
(x – y)2 = (x + y)2 – 4xy
(x – y)2 = 64 – 48 => (x – y) = 4