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24 March, 10:51

The product of two consecutive odd integers is 783. how do you find the integers?

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  1. 24 March, 14:29
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    We can represent the integers with x and x + 2. The reason why the second number is x+2 is that odd numbers are 2 integers away from each other.

    x (x+2) = 783

    x^2 + 2x - 783 = 0

    (x - 27) (x + 29) = 0

    The consecutive odd integers could either be 27 and 29, or - 29 and - 27
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