SOLUTION: the product of consecutive odd intergers is 23 more than their sum.what are the intergers?
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Question 384064: the product of consecutive odd intergers is 23 more than their sum.what are the intergers?
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let the odd integers be x, x+2
x(x+2)=23+x+(x+2)
x^2+2x=23+x+x+2
x^2+2x=25+2x
-2x -2x
x^2= 25
x= +/-5
..
the integers are 5 & 7
OR
-5,-3
...
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