The product of two consecutive odd integers is 1 less than twice their sum.find the integers
If the smaller is 2k-1, then
(2k-1)(2k+1) = 2(4k)-1
k = 0 or 1
so the numbers are
-1 and 1
or
3 and 5
(2k-1)(2k+1) = 2(4k)-1
k = 0 or 1
so the numbers are
-1 and 1
or
3 and 5