SOLUTION: The product of two consecutive positive odd integers is 143. Find the pair of integers that satisfies this condition.

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Question 301544: The product of two consecutive positive odd integers is 143. Find the pair of integers that satisfies this condition.
Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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x(x+2)=143
x^2+2x-143=0
x^2+13x-11x-143=0
x(x+13)-11(x+13)=0
(x+13)(x-11)=0
x=-13 or 11
11 is positive
11 & 13 are the numbers