The two consecutive positive integers has a product of 272? What are the 4 integers?
3 Answers
Explanation:
Let a be the smaller of the two integers and let a+1 be the bigger of the two integers:
16*17 = 272
Thus, the integers are -17,-16 and 16,17
16 17
Explanation:
If we multiply two consecutive numbers,
we get
256+16=272
So our two numbers are 16 and 17
16 and 17
Explanation:
The two number are very close to each other so lets 'fudge' it
Test
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Let the first value be
The product is
Compare to:
In this case
The first number is 16 the second is 17