SOLUTION: please help me solve this word problem Find three consecutive positive integers such that the product of the second integer and the third is 20.

SOLUTION: please help me solve this word problem Find three consecutive positive integers such that the product of the second integer and the third is 20.

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Question 819698: please help me solve this word problem
Find three consecutive positive integers such that the product of the second integer and the third is 20.
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
consecutive integers: (x-1), x, (x+1)

x(x+1) = 20
x^2 + x = 20
x^2 + x - 20 =0
(x + 5)(x - 4) = 0

x is positive, so the integers are 3, 4, and 5.
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