SOLUTION: Find two consecutive integers whose product is 6 less than the square of the larger number.

SOLUTION: Find two consecutive integers whose product is 6 less than the square of the larger number.

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Question 267375: Find two consecutive integers whose product is 6 less than the square of the larger number.
Answer by drk(1908) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

step 1 -expand both sides to get

step 2 - combine like terms on the right to get

step 3 - set = 0 as

step 4 - solve for x to get

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we get
x = 5
x + 1 = 6
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