SOLUTION: the product of two consecutive integers is the square of the lesser integer minus 6. find the greater of the two integers.

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Question 1003216: the product of two consecutive integers is the square of the lesser integer minus 6. find the greater of the two integers.
Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
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Call them x and x+1. Then we have
x(x+1) = x^2 - 6
x^2 + x = x^2 - 6
and x = -6
The greater would be x+1 or -5.