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Algebra.Com's Answer #183812 by drk(1908) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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Let n and n+1 be two consecutive integers. Now $\"SQRT%28n%2Bn%2B1%29\"$ = 11 gives us $\"SQRT%282n%2B1%29\"$ = 11. To get rid of the square root, you square both sides to get 2n+1 = 121. Solving for n, we get n = 60. So our two consecutive integers are 60 and 61. \n" ); document.write( "

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