SOLUTION: The product of the number and less than the number is 96. Find the numbers

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Question 1184724: The product of the number and less than the number is 96. Find the numbers
Answer by josgarithmetic(39631) About Me  (Show Source):
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Maybe two consecutive numbers?
n%28n-1%29=96


96=4%2A24=16%2A6=8%2A12=2%2A2%2A2%2A2%2A2%2A3
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n%5E2-n-96=0

n=%281%2B-+sqrt%281%5E2%2B4%2A96%29%29%2F2
n=%281%2B-+sqrt%28385%29%29%2F2
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Exactly how much "less than the number" do you want? Maybe you can choose what you need just from looking at factorizations for 96.