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The product of two consecutive positive even integers is 288 find the integers
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\n" ); document.write( "The two consecutive integers: x, and (x+2)
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\n" ); document.write( "Their product is 288:
\n" ); document.write( "x*(x+2) = 288
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\n" ); document.write( "x^2 + 2x - 288 = 0; our old friend, the quadratic equation
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\n" ); document.write( "Since the two numbers only differ by 2 we know the numbers will be close
\n" ); document.write( "to the square root of 288
\n" ); document.write( "Sqrt(288) = 17.97
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\n" ); document.write( "AN easy step to see it is 16 & 18
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\n" ); document.write( "The factors then are:
\n" ); document.write( "(x+18)(x-16) = 0
\n" ); document.write( "x = -18, with -16
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\n" ); document.write( "x = +16, with +18
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