Answer:
The times in seconds it took 6 finalists to run a 100 meter dash are 12.5 12.4 12.4 12.3 12.6 and 12.4. Mr. Brown picks out the time that appears the most to find the <u>mode</u> he arranges the times in increasing order and picks the middle value to find the <u>median</u>
Let's x represents the first odd integer
The next consecutive integer would be represented as x+2.
So x and x+2 being multiplied together will give us 1443:
(x)(x+2)=1443
x^2+2x=1443
x^2+2x-1443=0
By solving the quadratic equation using the quadratic formula, x will equal to 37 and -39.
Since the problem says "integers", so I'm assuming two pairs of consecutive integers would be ok.
With that said you 1st pair will be: 37,39
Your second pair will be: -37,-39.
I have solved the answer in the pic below, hope it helpss!!!!
