document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=283042>Question 283042</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The product of two positive consecutive integers is 41 more than their sum. Find the integers. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let's have x be a positive number and the next to be x+2. Now we can set up an equation to be:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x(x+2)=x+(x+2)+41 Expand this out to:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2+2x=2x+43 Subtract 2x from both sides to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2=43 Square root both side to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=+-sq rt 43<BR>\n" );
document.write( "There we go. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Make sense?<BR>\n" );
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