SOLUTION: The product of two consecutive integers is 2 less than the square of the lesser integer. Find the greater of the two integers

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Question 937591: The product of two consecutive integers is 2 less than the square of the lesser integer. Find the greater of the two integers
Answer by TimothyLamb(4379) About Me  (Show Source):
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x = smaller integer
y = larger integer
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y = x + 1
xy = xx - 2
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xy = xx - 2
x(x + 1) = xx - 2
xx + x = xx - 2
x = -2
y = -1
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