SOLUTION: The product of 2 consecutive integers equals the product of the number that is 3 less than the smaller one and the number that is 4 more than the larger one. What is the sum of the

Question 286359: The product of 2 consecutive integers equals the product of the number that is 3 less than the smaller one and the number that is 4 more than the larger one. What is the sum of these four numbers?
A.60 B. 63 C. 64 D. 71 E. None of these.
Answer by texttutoring(324) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x= the first integer.
x+1= the second integer, because they are consecutive integers
x(x+1) = (x-3)(x+1+4)

so the equation looks like this:
x(x+1)=(x-3)(x+5)
(15)(16) = (12)(20)
The four numbers are 15,16,12, and 20. Their sum is 63.
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