SOLUTION: The product of two consecutive integers is the square of the lesser integer minus 5 . Find the greater of the two integers

SOLUTION: The product of two consecutive integers is the square of the lesser integer minus 5 . Find the greater of the two integers

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Question 998891: The product of two consecutive integers is the square of the lesser integer minus 5 . Find the greater of the two integers
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
consecutive integers: x, (x+1)

x(x+1) = x^2 - 5
x^2 + x = x^2 - 5
x = -5

The greater integer = x+1 = -4.
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