document.write( "Question 983142: the sum of the squares of two consecutive odd numbers is 130. derive an equation in terms of x to represent this problem. solve for the two consecutive odd numbers \n" ); document.write( "
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n, an integer\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Two consecutive odd numbers, 2n+1, 2n+3\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The description, \"highlight%28%282n%2B1%29%5E2%2B%282n%2B3%29%5E2=130%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\"4n%5E2%2B4n%2B1%2B4n%5E2%2B12n%2B9-130=0\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"8n%5E2%2B16n%2B10-130=0\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"8n%5E2%2B16n-120=0\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"n%5E2%2B2n-15=0\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"n=3\" so use this to evaluate the two numbers.
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