SOLUTION: the product of two consecutive integers is 32 more than the largest

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Question 518608: the product of two consecutive integers is 32 more than the largest
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Nope. No solution.

Let represent the first of two consecutive integers. Then represents the next consectutive integer. Their product is , and this product must be 32 greater than the larger integer, namely . Hence:



or



Which doesn't even have real number solutions much less integer ones.

John

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