SOLUTION: The product of two consecutive even integers is 1088. What are the integers ?

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Question 902420: The product of two consecutive even integers is 1088. What are the integers ?
Found 3 solutions by josgarithmetic, lenny460, MathTherapy:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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n%28n%2B1%29=1088
solve for n and n+1.

Answer by lenny460(1073) About Me  (Show Source):
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The product of two consecutive even integers is 1088. What are the integers ?

n + n + 1 = 1088

Answer:
n and n + 1

Answer by MathTherapy(10552) About Me  (Show Source):
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The product of two consecutive even integers is 1088. What are the integers ?

Let the first, or smaller integer be S
Then other is: S + 2
S%28S+%2B+2%29+=+1088
S%5E2+%2B+2S+-+1088+=+0
(S - 32)(S + 34) = 0
S, or first (smaller) integer = 32 OR - 34
Integers: highlight_green%2832_and_34%29 OR highlight_green%28-+34_and_-32%29