SOLUTION: Consecutive integers. The product of two consecutiveintegers is 5 more than their sum. Find the integers.

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Question 327242: Consecutive integers.
The product of two consecutiveintegers is 5 more than their sum. Find the integers.

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Let represent the smaller of the two integers. Then the other one has to be .

The product, is five more than their sum





Factor and solve the quadratic.

John


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