SOLUTION: The product of two numbers is 143. One number is two more than the other. Write a quadratic equation whose solution gives the smaller number x?

SOLUTION: The product of two numbers is 143. One number is two more than the other. Write a quadratic equation whose solution gives the smaller number x?

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Question 1007660: The product of two numbers is 143. One number is two more than the other. Write a quadratic equation whose solution gives the smaller number x?
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Call the number, x. The equation we write is
x(x + 2) = 143 or
x^2 + 2x = 143
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