document.write( "Question 1078541: The product of two consecutive odd integers is 9 more than 10 times the smaller integer. Find the pair of integers.\r
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document.write( "So far I have x^2-9x-9. I don't think that's right though and now I'm stuck. \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #692964 by Boreal(15235)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! integers are x and x+2 \n" ); document.write( "their product is x^2+2x=10x+9 \n" ); document.write( "x^2-8x-9=0 \n" ); document.write( "I think you used x and x+1 as consecutive odd integers. Consecutive even and odd integers are x and x+2 in both instances \n" ); document.write( "(x-9)(x+1)=0 \n" ); document.write( "9 and -1 \n" ); document.write( "integers 9 and 11, product is 99 and that is 9 more than 10*9 \n" ); document.write( "-1 and 1, and their product is -1, which is 9 more than 10(-1). \n" ); document.write( "Two sets of integers \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |