SOLUTION: The product of two consective positive numbers is 72.find the numbers

Question 991069: The product of two consective positive numbers is 72.find the numbers
Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, MathLover1:
Answer by ikleyn(52812) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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8 and 9.

Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Let = first number (smaller)
Let = second number (larger)
given:

.............factor completely

solutions:
=>
=>=> disregard,we need two consecutive numbers
so, first number is and second number is

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