Sequences And Series

Let ' $\boldsymbol{a}$ ' and ' $\mathbf{b}$ ' be two numbers where $\boldsymbol{a}<\boldsymbol{b}$. The geometric mean of these numbers exceeds the smaller number by 12 and the arithmetic mean is smaller than the larger number by 24 . Then the value of $|\boldsymbol{b}-\boldsymbol{a}|$ is: