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Two consecutive odd negative integers have a product of 483, find the integers ...?

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Negative 21 and Negative 23 are the two integers you are looking for. Two negatives make a positive and the are both consecutive odd integers that = 483 when multiplied.
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In order to find this you need to assume that they are declared as X and as X + 2. This makes the formula for calculating it x (x+2)=483, and this, based on the formulas for calculation, equals

x^2+2x-83=0

From this we can see that a negative X is -23, which when +2 is added results in -21.

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