SOLUTION: The product of two consecutive integers is −2 more than the square of the smaller one

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Question 353973: The product of two consecutive integers is −2 more than the square of the smaller one
Answer by checkley77(12844) About Me  (Show Source):
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x(x+1)=x^2-2
x^2+x=x^2-2
x^2-x^2+x=-2
x=-2 ans.
Proof:
-2(-2+1)=-2^2-2
-2*-1=4-2
2=2