Question

When two consecutive odd integers are multiplied together the answer is 4623.

(a) If the smaller of the two integers is n, what is the larger?

(b) Form a quadratic equation in n and solve it.

Answer 1

b) so the quadratic is n(n+2)=4623.
a) if the smaller is n then the larger is 4623/n

Answer 2

The answers are 67 and 69 by the way.

Answer 3

it's right...

Answer 4

yeah. correct. the same computation!!

Answer 5

n and n+2 is the larger
n(n+2)=4623
n^2 + 2n =4623
n^2 +2n - 4623 =0
n=-69 or n=67
n+2=-67 or n+2 = 69

Answer 6

If it's just the answer you want, then
1. take the square-root, round to the nearest integer. 67.992 => 68
2. Add/subtract 1. (67, 69)