Question

the product of 2 consecutive odd numbers 10 more than the square of the smaller number. Find the smaller number.

Answer 1

answer :

small number is 5

Explanation :

let the numbers x and x+2. Then

x(x+2) = x^2 + 10

x^2 + 2x = x^2 + 10

2x = 10

x = 5