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

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Question 937790: The product of two consecutive integers is 2less than the square of the lesser integer. Find the greater of the two integers.
The greater of the two integers is?
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The two consecutive integers: x, (x+1)
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The product of two consecutive integers is 2less than the square of the lesser integer.
x(x+1) = x^2 - 2
x^2 + x = x^2 - 2
x^2 - x^2 + x = -2
x = -2
Find the greater of the two integers.
-2 + 1 = -1, is the greater