document.write( "Question 682537: The product of two consecutive positive integers is 5 more than their sum. What are the integers? \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "Let's represent the two consecutive integers as:
\n" ); document.write( "x
\n" ); document.write( "x+1
\n" ); document.write( "Now we can set up the equation as:
\n" ); document.write( "x(x+1)=x+(x+1)+5
\n" ); document.write( "Expand this:
\n" ); document.write( "x^2+x=2x+6
\n" ); document.write( "Subtract 2x and 6 to get:
\n" ); document.write( "x^2-x-6=0
\n" ); document.write( "Factor:
\n" ); document.write( "(x-3)(x+2)=0
\n" ); document.write( "Solve for x:
\n" ); document.write( "x=3
\n" ); document.write( "x=-2
\n" ); document.write( "Since we know it's not a negative integer the answer is
\n" ); document.write( "3 and 4
\n" ); document.write( "Make sense?
\n" ); document.write( "RJ
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