SOLUTION: The product of two consecutive integers is 24 more than six times the smaller integer. Which of the following equations could be solved to find the smaller integer, n?

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Question 973107: The product of two consecutive integers is 24 more than six times the smaller integer. Which of the following equations could be solved to find the smaller integer, n?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39621) About Me  (Show Source):
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n and n+1.
n%28n%2B1%29=24%2B6n
Not seeing your choices, one would want to start solving for n in any case.

n%5E2%2Bn=6n%2B24
n%5E2-5n-24=0
%28n-8%29%28n%2B3%29=0