let 'x' and 'y' represent the numbers

One number is 2 more than 2 times another:

x = 2 + 2y

Their product is 40:

xy = 40

plug x = 2 + 2y into the last equations:

(2 + 2y)y = 40

by solving we find:

y1 = 4

y2 = -5

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for y = 4 we have x = 2 + 2*4 = 10

for y = -5 we have x = 2 + 2*(-5) = -8

there are two pairs of solutions: 10 and 4; and -8 and -5.