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14 November, 07:33

The product of two consecutive positive integers is 27 more than 5 times the larger

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  1. 14 November, 07:37
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    X-smaller

    x+1-larger

    x (x+1) = 5 (x+1) + 27

    x^2+x=5x+5+27

    x^2-4x=32

    x^2-4x+4=32+4

    (x-4) ^2=36

    x-4=6 X-4=-6

    x=10 X=-2
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