SOLUTION: The product of two consecutive odd numbers is 10 more than the square of the smaller number. Find the smaller number

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Question 1004949: The product of two consecutive odd numbers is 10 more than the square of the smaller number. Find the smaller number
Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
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Call the numbers x and x+2. Then
x(x+2) = x^2 + 10
x^2 + 2x = x^2 + 10
2x = 10
x = 5