document.write( "Question 847246: The product of two consecutive positive odd integers is ≤24. Find the numbers. \n" ); document.write( "
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Let n be the smaller of the two. Then n+2 is the next odd integer.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "n*(n+2) <= 24\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "n^2 +2n <=24\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "n^2 +2n - 24 <=0\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "(n+6)(n-4)\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Since the integers must be consecutive and odd, we narrow down the possibilities \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "of the smaller number to either 1 or 3.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So the only possible matches are 1 and 3 or 3 and 5.
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