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Question 439022: the product of two positive integers 70. determine the two integers if the largest is 1 less than three time the smallest.
Answer by richard1234(7193) About Me  (Show Source):
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Guess and check reveals 5, 14 as the only possible answer. We could also solve it by letting x and 3x-1 be the integers, setting x(3x-1) = 70, and solving. If we wanted the fastest way to solve the problem, then based on the context of the problem, it would be guessing and checking.