SOLUTION: Are there two consecutive odd numbers such that the difference in their squares is 80?

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Question 271818: Are there two consecutive odd numbers such that the difference in their squares is 80?
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Are there two consecutive odd numbers such that the difference in their squares is 80?
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Are there two consecutive odd numbers such that the difference in their squares is 80?
Let x be the smaller integer. Then the next consecutive odd integer is x+2.
We need to solve:
(x+2)^2 - x^2 = 80
Expanding we have:
x^2 + 4x + 4 - x^2 = 80
4x = 76
x = 19
x+2 = 21