document.write( "Question 299888: The product of two consecutive positive integers is 272. Find the integers \n" ); document.write( "

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$\"N%28N%2B1%29=272\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"N%5E2%2BN-272=0\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Look for integer factors close to $\"sqrt%28272%29=16.49\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"16%2A17=272\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%28N-16%29%28N%2B17%29=272\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Since we only want positive solutions,
\n" ); document.write( " $\"N-16=0\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"N=16\"$
\n" ); document.write( "16 and 17 are the two consecutive positive integers whose product is 272. \n" ); document.write( "

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