The product of two consecutive positive integers is 272. What is the sum of the two integers?
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Step-by-step explanation:
The best way to go about this is to use a trig identity. You have the unknown opposite the angle and the hypotenuse, so its best to use the sine identity: , where O is the opposite side, and H is the hypotenuse.
Set up the equation as:, and solve for X.
I got x=7.718, rounded to x=8.
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