document.write( "Question 436647: The sum of the squares of two consecutive odd positive integers is 202. Find the numbers \n" ); document.write( "
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\"x%5E2+%2B+%28x+%2B+2%29%5E2+=+202\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"x%5E2+%2B+x%5E2+%2B+4x+%2B+4=+202\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"2x%5E2+%2B+4x+-198+=+0\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"x%5E2+%2B+2x+-+99=+0\"
\n" ); document.write( "<==> (x +11)(x - 9) = 0 ==> x = 9 ==> x +2 = 11.
\n" ); document.write( "(Don't accept x = -11. Why?)
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