Question 474867: the product of two integers is 84. one integer is 8 more than the other what are the two integers?
let x= the integer more than the other
x+4=
Answer by richard1234(7193)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! You want to let x, x+8 be the integers instead of x, x+4. Then x(x+8) = 84,
x^2 + 8x - 84 = 0
(x - 6)(x + 14) = 0
x = 6 or x = -14
Integers are (6, 14) or (-14, -6).
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