SOLUTION: the product of two consecutive positive intergers is 19 more than their sum.find the integers... thank you

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Question 363016: the product of two consecutive positive intergers is 19 more than their sum.find the integers...


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Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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let the integers be x,x+1
x(x+1)=x+x+1+19
x^2+x=2x+20
x^2-x-20=0
(x-5)(x+4)=0
x= 5 OR -4
the numbers are
5,6 and -4,-3
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