document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=314826>Question 314826</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> SOLVE BY USING QUADRATIC EQUATION\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "FIND THE CONSECUTIVE INTEGERS SUCH THAT THE SUM OF THEIR SQUARES IS 245\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "PLEASE HELP I HAD QUESTIONS LIKE THIS ON MY FINAL BUT I COULD NOT UNDER STAND HOW TO WORK THIS PROBLEM </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #225149 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><B>mananth(16946)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=mananth><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=225149\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> let the number be x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the consequtive number will be x+1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "sum of their squares = x^2 +(x+1)^2= 245<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 +(x+1)^2= 245<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2+x^2+2x+1 =245<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x^2+2x-244=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2+x-122=0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x^2 +12x-11x-122=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x(x+12)-11(x+12)=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x+12(x-11)=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x= -12 or 11\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the numbers are -12 & -11 OR 11 & 12<BR>\n" );
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