SOLUTION: The product of two consecutive integers is less than the square of the smaller integer. Find the larger of the two integers.

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Question 698609: The product of two consecutive integers is less than the square of the smaller integer. Find the larger of the two integers.

Answer by unlockmath(1688) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hello,
Let's have x be one integer and x+2 be the next one.
x(x+2) Expand to:
x^2+2x subtract x^2 to get:
2x<0
x<0
Make sense?
RJ
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