Question 445152: the product of two consecutive positive integers is greter than twice the next integer by 8. what are the three integers?
Answer by MathLover1(20849)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Consecutive integers are integers that follow each other in order, like 1,2,3....
represent the first set with  , second one with  , third one 
given:
 ...solve quadratic for
 ...or
 .....now find sets of numbers
let's go with
 , second one with  , third one 
first set of numbers is: 4,5,6
now go with
 , second one with  , third one 
the second set of numbers is: -3, -2, -1
check both:
....plug in 4,5,6
....plug in -3,-2,-1
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