document.write( "Question 326917: the product of two consecutive positive intergers is 71 more than their sum \n" ); document.write( "

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$\"N%28N%2B1%29=71%2BN%2BN%2B1\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"N%5E2%2BN=2N%2B72\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"N%5E2-N-72=0\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%28N-9%29%28N%2B8%29=0\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Two solutions:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"N-9=0\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"N=9\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Then the integers are 9 and 10.
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"N%2B8=0\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"N=-8\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Then the integers are -8 and -7.
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