document.write( "Question 913506: The product of two consecutive integers is 20. Find the integers.
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Algebra.Com's Answer #554565 by jim_thompson5910(35256)\"\" \"About 
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x = first number\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x%2A%28x%2B1%29+=+20\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x%5E2%2Bx+=+20\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x%5E2%2Bx-20=0\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Use the quadratic formula to solve for x\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x+=+%28-b%2B-sqrt%28b%5E2-4ac%29%29%2F%282a%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x+=+%28-%281%29%2B-sqrt%28%281%29%5E2-4%281%29%28-20%29%29%29%2F%282%281%29%29\" Plug in \"a+=+1\", \"b+=+1\", \"c+=+-20\" \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x+=+%28-1%2B-sqrt%281-%28-80%29%29%29%2F%282%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x+=+%28-1%2B-sqrt%281%2B80%29%29%2F%282%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x+=+%28-1%2B-sqrt%2881%29%29%2F2\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x+=+%28-1%2Bsqrt%2881%29%29%2F2\" or \"x+=+%28-1-sqrt%2881%29%29%2F2\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x+=+%28-1%2B9%29%2F2\" or \"x+=+%28-1-9%29%2F2\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x+=+8%2F2\" or \"x+=+-10%2F2\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x+=+4\" or \"x+=+-5\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "If you're only considering positive numbers, the two numbers are 4 and 5\r
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