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The product of two consecutive room numbers is 132. Find the roomnumbers.The number of the first room is?The number of the second room is?

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\begin{gathered} x(x+1)=132 \\ {}x^2+x=132 \\ x^2+x-132=0 \\ (x+12)(x-11)=0 \end{gathered}

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The number of the first room is 11

The number of the second room is 12.

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