The product of two consecutive negative integers is 1122. What are the numbers? The product of two consecutive negative integers

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Lelu [443]

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The product of two consecutive negative integers is 1122. What are the numbers? The product of two consecutive negative integers

is 1122. What are the numbers? @Mathematics

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saw5 [17] · Answer 1 · 2021-12-31T07:23:42+03:00

saw5 [17]3 years ago

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Let the two numbers be -x and -x - 1, then
-x(-x - 1) = 1,122
x^2 + x = 1,122
x^2 + x + 1/4 = 1,122 + 1/4
(x + 1/2)^2 = 4,489/4
x + 1/2 = sqrt(4,489/4) = + or -67/2
x = 67/2 - 1/2 = 66/2 = 33

Therefore, the two numbers are -33 and -34