SOLUTION: The product of two consecutive even integers is 288. find the integers.

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Question 80205: The product of two consecutive even integers is 288. find the integers.
Answer by tutor_paul(519) About Me  (Show Source):
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This is a guessing game problem. I did it by first saying that 12x12 I know gives too small a result, and 20x20 gives too large a result... so by the process of elimination, 16x18 worked.
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