Question

The product of two consecutive whole numbers is 1.5 times greater than the square of the smaller number. Find the two numbers

Answer 1

When you have a problem that involves "two consecutive whole numbers", a good way to start is to think of them as variables... such as N and N+1.

Then you can set up the rest of the problem using those variables.

Answer 2

So, in this case, if N is one number, then N+1 would be the next consecutive whole number.

So the product of the two would be N * (N+1)

And the square of the smaller would be N * N.

Answer 3

And the problem tells you how to relate these two quantities... the product is 1.5 times larger than the square of the smaller...

N * (N + 1) = 1.5 * N * N

So then you can simplify and solve for N... then the other number is just one larger... N+1

Answer 4

n = 0 and 2 is that right?

Answer 5

@jakev8

Answer 6

Im sorry @jakev8 for jumping into this.

But yeah, 0 and 2 isnt right. Try solving out the equation for N like he said above

Answer 7

@incomplte Thanks for helping... my page froze and I couldn't get it to reload.