SOLUTION: The product of two consecutive room numbers is 156. Find the room numbers.
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Question 1076232: The product of two consecutive room numbers is 156. Find the room numbers.
Answer by jorel1380(3719) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let n be the first room number. Then the second room number is n+1. So:
n(n+1)=156
nē+n-156=0
(n+13)(n-12)=0
n=12 or -13
Using the positive value, we get the room numbers to be 12 and 13. ☺☺☺☺
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