2 consecutive odd integers.....x and x + 2.....the product means multiply....the sum means add.
x(x + 2) = 4(x + x + 2) - 1
x^2 + 2x = 4(2x + 2) - 1
x^2 + 2x = 8x + 8 - 1
x^2 + 2x = 8x + 7
x^2 + 2x - 8x - 7 = 0
x^2 - 6x - 7 = 0
(x - 7)(x + 1) = 0
x - 7 = 0 x + 2 = 7 + 2 = 9
x = 7
x + 1 = 0 x + 2 = -1 + 2 = 1
x = -1
there can be 2 answers for this....
(1) 7 and 9
(2) -1 and 1
No because
36 / 9 = 4
20 / 4 = 5
So they are multiplied by different amounts so they aren’t equivalent
1 gal 2 qts 3 pts
1 gal 3 qts 7 pts
1 gal 3 qts 3 pts
---------------------------add
3 gal 8 qts 13 pts
1 pt = 0.5 qts...so 12 pts = 12* 0.5 = 6...so now we have :
3 gal 14 qts 1 pt
1 qt = 0.25 gal..so 12 qts = 12 * 0.25 = 3 gallons...so now we have :
6 gal 2 qts 1 pt <===
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If 7 minutes is $2.45, then 13 minutes is $4.55 cuz 1 minute is 0.35 cents
