SOLUTION: if the product of two consecutive odd integers is decrease by3, the result is 12 find the integers

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Question 227008: if the product of two consecutive odd integers is decrease by3, the result is 12 find the integers
Answer by lilmama50(7) About Me  (Show Source):
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The consecutive odd integers are 3 & 5.

You have odd integer #1 which I will call (a) and odd integer #2 which I will call (b) where the product of the two (ab) must be decreased by 3, to equal 12. %28ab%29-3=12

You add 3 to both sides of the equation... so whereas the 3 cancels itself out on the left hand side and causes the right hand side to become 15. ab=15.

Now what two consecutive odd integers equal 15? 3 and 5 do.