Question

the product of two consecutive odd integers is one less than four times their sum. Find the two integers.

Answer 1

Here I can help 1. Let n be one odd integer.

Answer 2

x(x+2) = 4(x+x+2) - 1
x^2 + 2x = 8x + 8 - 1
x^2 - 6x - 7 = 0
(x-7)(x+1) = 0
x = 7 and x = -1

the two integers are 7 and 9
or
two integers are - 1 and 1