document.write( "Question 273784: the sum of the squares of two consecutive odd positive intergers is 202. find the integers \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Let represent the smaller of the two odd integers. Then is the next consecutive odd integer.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The sum of the two squares is:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "and this sum is equal to 202, so:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Solve this easily factorable quadratic and discard the negative root since the problem asks for a positive integer. The positive root is the smaller of the two odd integers and the other odd integer is 2 larger.\r
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