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19. The product of two consecutive integers is 5 more than three times the larger

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x = larger number
x-1 = smaller number

x*(x-1)=5+3x

x^2-4x-5=0 use the formula

x=5
x-1=4
the 2 numbers are 5&4 or -1,-2


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