Question 283042
Hello, 
Let's have x be a positive number and the next to be x+2. Now we can set up an equation to be:
x(x+2)=x+(x+2)+41 Expand this out to:
x^2+2x=2x+43 Subtract 2x from both sides to get:
x^2=43 Square root both side to get:
x=+-sq rt 43
There we go. 
Make sense?
RJ 
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