SOLUTION: The product of two consecutive even integers is 168. Find the integers

Question 317198: The product of two consecutive even integers is 168. Find the integers
Found 2 solutions by Jstrasner, Fombitz:
Answer by Jstrasner(112) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
hey,
for this one we need to think of numbers whose squares are close to 168:
12^2 = 144 14^2 = 196
168 is in between these even consecutive numbers so:
12 x 14 =168
I hope this helps!
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Complete the square.

Two solutions:

The integers would be -14 and -12.
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The integers would be 12 and 14.

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