Question

I really need help. The product of 143 is 11 and 13. How would I write an equation whose solution gives the smaller number x.

Answer 1

you could try
\[x(x+2)=143\] but i am not sure this is what you want

Answer 2

let x-smaller
x+2 larger

They're product is equal to 143
so the equation will be...
x(x+2)=143