SOLUTION: find two consecutive odd integers whose product is 195

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Question 259569: find two consecutive odd integers whose product is 195
Answer by drk(1908) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let x and x+2 be two consecutive odd integers. We get
x%28x%2B2%29+=+195
and then
x%5E2+%2B+2x+=+195
setting = 0 and factoring we get
x%5E2+%2B+2x+-+195+=+0
%28x-13%29%28x%2B15%29=0
So,
x = 13 or
x = -15
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Our two options are (13,15) and (-15,-13)