document.write( "Question 766809: if the product of two consecutive even number is 288. find the number. \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "Let the numbers be n and n+2\r\n" );
document.write( "Product = 288\r\n" );
document.write( "\"n%2A%28n%2B2%29+=+288\"\r\n" );
document.write( "\"n%5E2+%2B+2%2An+-+288+=+0\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Factorizing\r\n" );
document.write( "\"n%5E2+%2B+18%2An+-+16%2An+-+288+=+0\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"n%2A%28n%2B18%29+-+16%2A%28n%2B18%29+=+0\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"%28n-16%29%2A%28n%2B18%29+=+0\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "n = 16 or n = -18\r\n" );
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document.write( "So the two consecutive even numbers are {16, 18} or {-16,-18}\r\n" );
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