SOLUTION: I need your help because no one at home can help me and we all dont get it. and i want to learn how to do it so i can do it later when i get more like this, Please help, thank you.

Algebra ->  Problems-with-consecutive-odd-even-integers -> SOLUTION: I need your help because no one at home can help me and we all dont get it. and i want to learn how to do it so i can do it later when i get more like this, Please help, thank you.      Log On

Hi

x + y = -30  ⇒ y = -x-30

 xy = 224

 x(-x-30) = 224

 -x^2 - 30x = 224

   x^2 +30x + 224 = 0

  (x+16)(x+14) = 0

x and y are -14, -16