SOLUTION: _/245 integers is? 4&5 or 17&18 15 &16 49&50

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Question 37515: _/245 integers is? 4&5 or 17&18 15 &16 49&50
Answer by Nate(3500)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(x)(x + 1) = 245
x^2 + x - 245 = 0
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Quadratic equation (in our case ) has the following solutons:



For these solutions to exist, the discriminant should not be a negative number.

First, we need to compute the discriminant : .

The discriminant -979 is less than zero. That means that there are no solutions among real numbers.

If you are a student of advanced school algebra and are aware about imaginary numbers, read on.


In the field of imaginary numbers, the square root of -979 is + or - .

The solution is

Here's your graph:

No such integers exists!

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