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The product of two successive integral multiple of 5 is 300. Determine the multiplies.



Answer -

Let first multiplie of 5 = 5x
Then second multiple = 5x + 5
According to the condition,
5x (5x + 5) = 300
=> 25 x² + 25x – 300 = 0
=> x² + x – 12 = 0 (Dividing by 25)
=> x² + 4x – 3x – 12 = 0
=> x (x + 4) – 3 (x + 4) = 0
=> (x – 4) (x – 3) = 0
Either x + 4 = 0, then x = -4
or x – 3 = 0, then x = 3
(i) When x = -4, then
Required multiples of 5 will be
5 (-4) = -20, -20 + 5 = -15
or when x = 3, then
Required multiples will be
5 x 3 = 15, 15 + 5 = 20
Required number are -20, -15 or 15, 20

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