document.write( "Question 1008866: The product of two consecutive positive integers is 19 more than the sum. Find the integers. \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #624399 by josgarithmetic(39618) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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n, any positive integer, not 0;
\n" ); document.write( "The next integer is n+1.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"highlight_green%28n%28n%2B1%29=n%2B%28n%2B1%29%2B19%29\"$ \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"n%5E2%2Bn=2n%2B20\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"n%5E2-n-20=0\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%28n%2B4%29%28n-5%29=0\"$ \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "n=-4 does not fit the problem's description.
\n" ); document.write( "n=5 is part of the solution. The next or consecutive number after, is 6.\r
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