document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=39885>Question 39885</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Consecutive integers. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "I need to find three consecutive integers such that the sum of their squares is 77. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #25334 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=vidhyak><B>vidhyak(98)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-08.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=vidhyak><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=25334\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let the 3 integers be x, x+1, x+2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x^2 + (x+1)^2 + (x+2)^2 = 77<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 + x^2 + 2x + 1 + x^2 + 4x + 4 = 77<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x^2 + 6x + 5 = 77<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x^2 + 6x - 72 = 0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " <TR><TD  ALIGN=MIDDLE>Solved by <A  rel=nofollow HREF=http://wiki.algebra.com/index.php/Tutoring_-_pluggable_solvers>pluggable</A> solver: <A  rel=nofollow HREF=quadratic.solver>SOLVE quadratic equation with variable</A></TD></TR>\n" );
document.write( "<TR><TD  ALIGN=LEFT>Quadratic equation <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=ax%5E2%2Bbx%2Bc=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"ax%5E2%2Bbx%2Bc=0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > (in our case <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3x%5E2%2B6x%2B-72+=+0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3x%5E2%2B6x%2B-72+=+0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >) has the following solutons:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5B12%5D+=+%28b%2B-sqrt%28+b%5E2-4ac+%29%29%2F2%5Ca ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5B12%5D+=+%28b%2B-sqrt%28+b%5E2-4ac+%29%29%2F2%5Ca\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  For these solutions to exist, the <U>discriminant</U> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b%5E2-4ac ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b%5E2-4ac\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > should not be a negative number.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  First, we need to compute the discriminant <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b%5E2-4ac ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b%5E2-4ac\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b%5E2-4ac=%286%29%5E2-4%2A3%2A-72=900 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b%5E2-4ac=%286%29%5E2-4%2A3%2A-72=900\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  Discriminant d=900 is greater than zero. That means that there are two solutions: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+x%5B12%5D+=+%28-6%2B-sqrt%28+900+%29%29%2F2%5Ca ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+x%5B12%5D+=+%28-6%2B-sqrt%28+900+%29%29%2F2%5Ca\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5B1%5D+=+%28-%286%29%2Bsqrt%28+900+%29%29%2F2%5C3+=+4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5B1%5D+=+%28-%286%29%2Bsqrt%28+900+%29%29%2F2%5C3+=+4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "    <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5B2%5D+=+%28-%286%29-sqrt%28+900+%29%29%2F2%5C3+=+-6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5B2%5D+=+%28-%286%29-sqrt%28+900+%29%29%2F2%5C3+=+-6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    Quadratic expression <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3x%5E2%2B6x%2B-72 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3x%5E2%2B6x%2B-72\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > can be factored:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3x%5E2%2B6x%2B-72+=+3%28x-4%29%2A%28x--6%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3x%5E2%2B6x%2B-72+=+3%28x-4%29%2A%28x--6%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "  Again, the answer is: 4, -6.\n" );
document.write( "Here's your graph:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solving you get 4, -6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The 3 integers are 4,5,6 or -6,-5,-4 </SPAN>\n" );
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