document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=953551>Question 953551</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> given consecutive positive odd integers, the square of the smaller number minus 5 times the larger is 26. find the numbers </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #582353 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=macston><B>macston(5194)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=macston><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=macston><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=582353\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> S=smaller; L=larger=S+2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=S%5E2-5L=26 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"S%5E2-5L=26\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Substitute for L<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=S%5E2-5%28S%2B2%29=26 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"S%5E2-5%28S%2B2%29=26\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Subtract 26 from each side.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " <TR><TD  ALIGN=MIDDLE>Solved by <A  rel=nofollow HREF=http://wiki.algebra.com/index.php/Tutoring_-_pluggable_solvers>pluggable</A> solver: <A  rel=nofollow HREF=quadratic.solver>SOLVE quadratic equation with variable</A></TD></TR>\n" );
document.write( "<TR><TD  ALIGN=LEFT>Quadratic equation <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=aS%5E2%2BbS%2Bc=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"aS%5E2%2BbS%2Bc=0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > (in our case <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1S%5E2%2B-5S%2B-36+=+0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1S%5E2%2B-5S%2B-36+=+0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >) has the following solutons:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=S%5B12%5D+=+%28b%2B-sqrt%28+b%5E2-4ac+%29%29%2F2%5Ca ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"S%5B12%5D+=+%28b%2B-sqrt%28+b%5E2-4ac+%29%29%2F2%5Ca\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  For these solutions to exist, the <U>discriminant</U> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b%5E2-4ac ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b%5E2-4ac\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > should not be a negative number.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  First, we need to compute the discriminant <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b%5E2-4ac ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b%5E2-4ac\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b%5E2-4ac=%28-5%29%5E2-4%2A1%2A-36=169 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b%5E2-4ac=%28-5%29%5E2-4%2A1%2A-36=169\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  Discriminant d=169 is greater than zero. That means that there are two solutions: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+x%5B12%5D+=+%28--5%2B-sqrt%28+169+%29%29%2F2%5Ca ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+x%5B12%5D+=+%28--5%2B-sqrt%28+169+%29%29%2F2%5Ca\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=S%5B1%5D+=+%28-%28-5%29%2Bsqrt%28+169+%29%29%2F2%5C1+=+9 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"S%5B1%5D+=+%28-%28-5%29%2Bsqrt%28+169+%29%29%2F2%5C1+=+9\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "    <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=S%5B2%5D+=+%28-%28-5%29-sqrt%28+169+%29%29%2F2%5C1+=+-4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"S%5B2%5D+=+%28-%28-5%29-sqrt%28+169+%29%29%2F2%5C1+=+-4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    Quadratic expression <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1S%5E2%2B-5S%2B-36 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1S%5E2%2B-5S%2B-36\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > can be factored:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1S%5E2%2B-5S%2B-36+=+1%28S-9%29%2A%28S--4%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1S%5E2%2B-5S%2B-36+=+1%28S-9%29%2A%28S--4%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "  Again, the answer is: 9, -4.\n" );
document.write( "Here's your graph:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "S=9 ANSWER 1: The smaller number is 9.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=L=S%2B2=11 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"L=S%2B2=11\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > ANSWER 2: The larger number is 11.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "CHECK:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=S%5E2-5L=26 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"S%5E2-5L=26\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=9%5E2-5%2811%29=26 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"9%5E2-5%2811%29=26\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=81-55=26 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"81-55=26\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=26=26 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"26=26\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > </SPAN>\n" );
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