SOLUTION: Find two consecutive integers whose product is five less than the square of the smaller number?

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Question 259635: Find two consecutive integers whose product is five less than the square of the smaller number?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let the two integers be N and N+1.
N%28N%2B1%29=N%5E2-5
N%5E2%2BN=N%5E2-5
N=-5
N%2B1=-4