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document.write( "The product of two consecutive odd whole numbers\r\n" );
document.write( "is 143. Find the numbers. \r\n" );
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document.write( "There is no solution. You can try for one, but \r\n" );
document.write( "the sum of any two ODD numbers must be EVEN, but \r\n" );
document.write( "143 is ODD!\r\n" );
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document.write( "You can try with\r\n" );
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document.write( "n + (n+2) = 143\r\n" );
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document.write( "n + n + 2 = 143\r\n" );
document.write( "   2n + 2 = 143\r\n" );
document.write( "       2n = 131\r\n" );
document.write( "        n = 65.5, which is NOT an integer, and\r\n" );
document.write( "therefore shows there is no solution.\r\n" );
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