SOLUTION: The product of two consecutive integers is 29 more than the sum. What are the integers?

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Question 361019: The product of two consecutive integers is 29 more than the sum. What are the integers?
Answer by mananth(16946)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let the integers be x,x+1
x(x+1)= x+x+1+29
x^2+x=2x+1+29
x^2-2x+x-30=0
x^2-x-30=0
(x-6)(x+5)=0
x= 6 or -5
6,7
-5,-4
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