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The product of two consecutive integers is 17 less than the square of the larger integer. Find the integers.
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\n" ); document.write( "let x=smaller consecutive integer
\n" ); document.write( "x+1=larger consecutive integer
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\n" ); document.write( "x(x+1)=(x+1)^2-17
\n" ); document.write( "x^2+x=x^2+2x+1-17
\n" ); document.write( "x=16
\n" ); document.write( "x+1=17
\n" ); document.write( "smaller consecutive integer=16
\n" ); document.write( "larger consecutive integer=17 \n" ); document.write( "

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