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Course: Class 9 (OD) > Unit 4

Lesson 3: Word problems: Quadratic equations
Math
Class 9 (OD)
Algebraic equation
Word problems: Quadratic equations
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Quadratic equations word problems (basic)

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Problem

The sum of the squares of two consecutive odd integers is 202.
Let the smaller integer be s.
Write an equation in s.
Note: You don't need to input the equation in quadratic form.