document.write( "Question 937790: The product of two consecutive integers is 2less than the square of the lesser integer. Find the greater of the two integers.
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The two consecutive integers: x, (x+1)
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\n" ); document.write( "x(x+1) = x^2 - 2
\n" ); document.write( "x^2 + x = x^2 - 2
\n" ); document.write( "x^2 - x^2 + x = -2
\n" ); document.write( "x = -2
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\n" ); document.write( "-2 + 1 = -1, is the greater
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