Find two consecutive numbers whose squares differ by 17

Beth took out a $20,000 loan for college she is borrowing money from two banks. bank a charges an interest rate of 8.5% bank b charges and interest rate of 10.5% after one year alice owes $1860 in interest how much money did she borrow from bank a

Jacob signs up to work for 2 1/2 hours at the school carnival. if each work shift is 3/4 hour, how many shifts will jacob work? (i just want to double check : |, for anybody that responds! : )

X2 + y 2 = 36 x + y = 6 solve the system of equations.