SOLUTION: the product of twon consecutive positive integers is 1 more than their sum. find the integers

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Question 350724: the product of twon consecutive positive integers is 1 more than their sum. find the integers
Answer by mananth(16949) About Me  (Show Source):
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x(x+1)=x+x+1+1
x^2+x=2x+2
x^2-x-2=0
x^2-2x+x-2=0
x(x-2)+1(x-2)=0
(x+1)(x-2)=0
x=-1 OR x=2
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The numbers are -1,0 & 2,3