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Can someone please help me sum of two consecutive integers is 19 less than their product. find the integers. 1st 1st or 2nd 2nd
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let two integers be
and
if we have two consecutive integers, then
and
their sum is 19 less than their product, so
.....solve for
.....find roots if
,
and
now find
so, you have two pairs of consecutive numbers:
first pair:
,and
second pair:
, and
check:
or, other pair