document.write( "Question 335730: Find two consecutive odd integers such that five times their sum is 23 less than their product. This is how i tried to solve it, but i think that i am missing a step.
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document.write( "x(x+2)= 5(x+x+2)-23
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document.write( "x^2+2x=5x+5x+10-23
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document.write( "x^2+2x=10x-13
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document.write( "x^2-8x-13\r
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