The product of two consecutive even natural number is 224. Find the number
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7
Step-by-step explanation:
Let the 2 consecutive even natural numbers are 2x,2x+2
product of 2 consecutive numbers
2x(2x+2)=224
4(x^2)+4x=224
dividing both sides by 4, we get
x^2+x-56=0
(x-7)(x+8)=0
Therefore x=7 or x=-8
Hence we take x=7
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