Problema Solution
The house numbers on the west side of a street are consecutive positive odd integers. The product of the house numbers for two next-door neighbors on the west side of the street is 575. Find the house numbers.
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Let the two positive consecutive integers be 'n', 'n+2'. We can write:
n(n+2)=575
solving for n, we get:
n=23
Therefore, the house numbers are 23 and 25