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Find two consecutive positive integers such that the sum of their squares is 85.
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Find two consecutive positive integers such that the sum of their squares is 85.
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Find two consecutive positive integers such that the sum of their squares is 85. Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source):
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If consecutive integers starting at n, then their sum could be written as
since you have two consecutive integers, you weill use
to find two consecutive positive integers such that of is , you will have:
.........divide both sides by
or ....writen in the standard form .....so you can apply quadratic formula to find , and use only
....you will need just this one because will be positive number
........this is first number
next consecutive number will be
now check if the sum of their squares is
