These product of two consecutive integers is 72. The equation x(x+1)=72 represents the situation, where x represents the smaller integer. Which equation can be factored and solved for the smaller integer

,  smaller integer is 8.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

The product of two consecutive integers is 72.

The equation x(x+1)=72 represents the situation, where x represents the smaller integer.

Question asked:

Which equation can be factored and solved for the smaller integer ?

Solution:

 can be factored and solved for the smaller integer, and that is 8.

Two consecutive integers are 8 and  9 and their product is 8 9 = 72

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