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Here's one way to work that out. Let's call the numbers "a" and "b" We're told:

a + b = 23

ab = 108

We can take one of those two, solve it for either a or b, substitute it into the other, and solve for the other variable using our new equation:

a + b = 23

b = 23 - a

∴ a(23 - a) = 108

-a2 + 23a = 108

a2 - 23a + 108 = 0

a2 - 23a + (23/2)2 = (23/2)2 - 108

(a - 23/2)2 = 529/4 - 432/4

(a - 23/2)2 = 97/4

a - 23/2 = ± √(97/4)

a = (23 ± √97) / 2

So the two numbers that meet this condition are (23 - √97) / 2 and (23 + √97) / 2

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