SOLUTION: The product of two consecutive integers is less than the square of the smaller integer. Find the larger of the two integers. What is the larger of the two integers?

Question 763035: The product of two consecutive integers is less than the square of the smaller integer. Find the larger of the two integers. What is the larger of the two integers?
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The product of two consecutive integers is less than the square of the smaller integer. Find the larger of the two integers. What is the larger of the two integers?
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n*(n+1) < n^2

n < 0
eg, -5*-6 = 30
(-6)^2 = 36
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This assumes -6 is < -5, etc
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