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  1. December 6th 2010, 04:30 PM #1
    buck
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    quadratic equations

    my teacher says this stuff she taught today is related to quadratics but its kinda confusing, and i need help
    The sum of the 2 positive consecutive odd numbers is 130. Find the numbers
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  2. December 6th 2010, 05:20 PM #2
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    \displaystyle (2p+1)+(2p+3)=130

    I think there is something wrong. Solving this doesn't yield integers.
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