SOLUTION: Find 3 consecutive positive integers such that the product of the first and the third is 29 more than the second. Please respond!!! Thank you!:)
Question 813188: Find 3 consecutive positive integers such that the product of the first and the third is 29 more than the second. Please respond!!! Thank you!:) Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source):
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let consecutive positive integers be: -first, -second,and -third
if the product of the first and the third is more than the second, then we have
.....solve for .........write as .....group
solutions:
if => =>.....since we need consecutive positive integers, disregard this solution
so, your consecutive positive integers are:
