Question 293897
Hello, 
Let's show the numbers as "x" and "x+2" then we can solve this as:
x(x+2)=168 Subtract 168 from both sides to get:
x^2+2x-168=0 
Now factor this:
(x-12)(x+14)=0 Now solve x to get:
x=12 
x=-14
Obviously the only positive number would be:
12 and the other number is 14
Make sense? 
RJ 
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