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The product of two consecutive natural numbers is $12$ . The equation form of this statement is

x^{2} + 2 x - 12 = 0

x^{2} + 1 x - 12 = 0

x^{2} + 1 x + 12 = 0

x^{2} + 2 x + 12

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Let

x

be any natural number, then

x

and

x + 1

are two consecutive natural numbers.

Given : Product of two natural numbers is

12

⟹

x (x + 1) = 12

⟹

x^{2} + x = 12

∴

x^{2} + x - 12 = 0

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Question Text	The product of two consecutive natural numbers is $12$ . The equation form of this statement is
Answer Type	Text solution:1
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