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document.write( "Let the smaller integer be x; then the greater integer is (x+6).\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then you write the condition for the product\r\n" );
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document.write( "    x*(x+6) = 616,\r\n" );
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document.write( "    x^2 + 6x - 616 = 0.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Use the quadratic formula to solve this quadratic equation.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  The numbers are 22 and 28.\r\n" );
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