The product of two consecutive positive numbers is 42 Find the numbers
Please write this problem in quadratic equation form please
Use process similar to your later post.
Sure! To solve this problem using a quadratic equation, let's start by assigning variables to the two consecutive positive numbers. Let's use "x" to represent the first number, and "x + 1" to represent the second number (since they are consecutive).
According to the problem, the product of these two consecutive numbers is 42. So we can write the equation as:
x * (x + 1) = 42
Now, let's simplify this equation and put it in quadratic form. Expand the left side of the equation:
x^2 + x = 42
Subtract 42 from both sides to bring the equation to zero:
x^2 + x - 42 = 0
This is the quadratic equation form of the given problem.
To solve this quadratic equation, you can use various methods like factoring, completing the square, or using the quadratic formula.