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the product of two consecutive non-negative odd integers is 783 what are the integers

Sagot :

Here's how you can do that.

Explanation:

The problem tells you that the product of two consecutive odd integers is equal to  

783

.

Right from the start, you know that you can get from the smaller number to the bigger number by adding  

2

.

You need to add  

2

because if you start with an odd number and add  

1

, you end up with an even number, which is not supposed to happen here.

odd number

+

1

=

the consecutive even number

 

×

odd number

+

2

=

the consecutive odd number

 

So, if you take  

x

to be the first number, you can say that

x

+

2

is the second number, which means that you have

x

(

x

+

2

)

=

783