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chunky234
Oct 25, 2010, 05:40 PM
one integer is 6 more than another. Their product is 55. Find the integers
Unknown008
Oct 25, 2010, 11:22 PM
Let the two integers be x and y, where y is the bigger integer.
y is bigger than x be 6, so that you need to add 6 to x for them to be equal.
y = 6 + x
Their product is xy = 55
Can you solve the pair of simultaneous equations now?
chanduJM
Nov 10, 2011, 05:12 AM
find two consecutive integers whose product is 42.
Unknown008
Nov 10, 2011, 05:18 AM
Try out the method I posted earlier and post what you get.