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Question 763035: The product of two consecutive integers is less than the square of the smaller integer. Find the larger of the two integers. What is the larger of the two integers? Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The product of two consecutive integers is less than the square of the smaller integer. Find the larger of the two integers. What is the larger of the two integers?
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n*(n+1) < n^2
n < 0
eg, -5*-6 = 30
(-6)^2 = 36
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This assumes -6 is < -5, etc
