SOLUTION: Please help me solve this problem: two consecutive integers whose product is five less than the smaller number. Thank you. Kind Regards, Bill

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Please help me solve this problem:
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I don't think this is possible, but let's go through the procedure
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two consecutive integers
x, (x+1)
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whose product is five less than the smaller number.
x(x+1) = x - 5
x^2 + x = x - 5
x^2 + x - x = -5
x^2 = -5; this shows it is not solvable