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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.