document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=984224>Question 984224</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> please help me solve this miscellaneous word problem:Find two consecutive integers whose product is 506. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "x(x+1)=506<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2+x=506<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2+x-506=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "factors of 506 that sum to 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "23 and -22<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x+23)(x-22)=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The integers are 22 and 23 OR<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-23,-22<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Both of those work. </SPAN>\n" );
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