SOLUTION: Could someone please help me with this problem. The product of two odd intergers is 143. Write an equation whose solution is one of the Intergers. Use factoring to solve the equat

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Question 113683This question is from textbook Beginning and Intermediate Algebra
: Could someone please help me with this problem.
The product of two odd intergers is 143. Write an equation whose solution is one of the Intergers. Use factoring to solve the equation and find both intergers. This question is from textbook Beginning and Intermediate Algebra

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k%28k+%2B+2%29+=+143
k+=+143+%2F+%28k+%2B+2%29
k%5E2+%2B+2k+-+143+=+0
%28k+%2B+13%29%28k+-+11%29+=+0
use the positive solution, k+=+11
The numbers are 11 and 13