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
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
