The sum of the squares of two consecutive odd positive integers is 74. find the integers.

Let first odd number be x

Then that would be . We need to solve for x.



But we need positive integers so we would have , so then our integers would be x, x+2 = 5, 7

Check work:

5² + 7² = 25 + 49 = 74.

So our integers would be 5 and 7.

Hope this helps.

The scale factor of what ?

The only number less than 8 that can equal 12 would be 6, 36 is the dividend