Question

The product of two consecutive integers is 240. Find the integers.

Answer 1

wel lets see an interger is a number like ...-3, -2 -1, 0 , 1 , 2, 3....

Answer 2

a consecutive interger would be two right next to each other

Answer 3

like:
1 and 2

Answer 4

2 and 3

Answer 5

3 and 4

Answer 6

"product" means multiplication

Answer 7

so just start guessing..

Answer 8

1 x 2 = 2 ... nope

Answer 9

2x 3 = 6 ... nope

Answer 10

3 x 4 = 12 ... nope

Answer 11

10 X 11 = 110 .. nope

Answer 12

keep guessing till you get it

Answer 13

#Find which two consecutive integers give us the product
def consecInts(product):
p = 0
a = 0
b = 1
while p != product:
a += 1
b += 1
p = a * b
print a
print b

consecInts(240)

Answer 14

yay python!

Answer 15

So if I continue to multiple to get to 240 then that will bring me to the integers answer?

Answer 16

let the computer do the grunt work for you

Answer 17

pop jump- take a look at what I have written... just multiply two numbers together until you get it

Answer 18

the only condition is they have to be consecutive

Answer 19

try:
11 x 12 =??
12 x 13 =??
13 x 14 =??
14 x 15 = ??
15 x 16 = ??

Answer 20

do any of those equal 240?

Answer 21

Yes and thank you!!!