SOLUTION: find the product of two consecutive positive odd integers is equal to 1 less than seven times the sum of the integers.

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Question 964055: find the product of two consecutive positive odd integers is equal to 1 less than seven times the sum of the integers.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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N%28N%2B2%29=7%28N%2BN%2B2%29-1
N%5E2%2B2N=14N%2B14-1
N%5E2%2B2N=14N%2B13
N%5E2-12N-13=0
%28N%2B1%29%29%28N-13%29=0
Since we're only looking for the positive solution,
N-13=0
N=13
So the integers are 13 and 15.