document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=288>Question 288</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The sum of the squares of two consecutive integers is 41. Find the integers </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #142 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ichudov><B>ichudov(507)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-10.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ichudov><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=ichudov><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=142\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You have two consecutive integers, number and number+1. The sum of their squares is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=number%5E2+%2B+%28number%2B1%29%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"number%5E2+%2B+%28number%2B1%29%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. Since it is 41, we have \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=number%5E2+%2B+%28number%2B1%29%5E2+=+41 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"number%5E2+%2B+%28number%2B1%29%5E2+=+41\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > or\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "or\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve it using my quadratic solver. (the solution is pretty obvious, 4 and 5, it is just as easy to try the first few numbers without writing an equation) </SPAN>\n" );
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