The product of two consecutive odd numbers is 19043. Which is the smaller one?
Correct Answer: Description for Correct answer:
Let the two consecutive odd numbers are x and x + 2.
According to the question,
\( \Large x \left(x+2\right)=19043 \)
\( \Large x^{2}+2x-19043=0 \)
\( \Large x^{2}+139x-137x-19043=0 \)
\( \Large x \left(x+139\right)-137 \left(x+139\right)=0 \)
\( \Large \left(x+139\right) \left(x-137\right)=0 \)
= x = 137, -139
x = 137 [ignore -ve sign]
So, the smallest one is 137.
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