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The product of two consecutive positive integers is 812. What is the value of the lesser integer?
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The two consecutive positive integers can be written as: x and x+1, where x is integer, x>0
x is the lesser integer since x < x+1
The product of two consecutive positive integers is 812:
x(x + 1) = 812
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x = 28
The value of the lesser integer is 28.