document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=211395>Question 211395</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find two consecutive even integers whose product is 48.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find two consecutive odd integers whose product is 63. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The quick and easy way:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "sqrt(48) is ~7 (7*7=49).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It's the numbers above and below 7,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6 and 8 (and -8 and -6)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The hard way:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n*(n+2) = 48<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n^2 + 2n - 48 = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(n+8)*(n-6) = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "--> 6 & 8 and -8 & -6<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find two consecutive odd integers whose product is 63.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Do this one the same way. </SPAN>\n" );
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