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Need help finding two consecutive positive odd integers. Please Help?
The product of two consecutive positive odd integers is fourteen more than their sum.
Find the integers.
3 Answers
- Leo RLv 51 decade agoFavorite Answer
ab = a + b + 14
b = a + 2
a(a+2) = a + (a+2) + 14
a^2 + 2a = 2a + 16
a^2 -16 = 0
(a+4)(a-4) = 0
a = 4 and b = 6
or
a = -4 and b = -2
Sorry, they cannot be odd.
- coldfuseLv 71 decade ago
There is no answer.
The product of any two consecutive positive odd integers is an odd number.
Their sum is an even number.
Thus they cannot have a difference of fourteen.
