Question:
Three consecutive positive integers are such that the sum of the square of the first and the product of other two is 46, find the integers.
Solution:
Let three consecutive integer be $x,(x+1)$ and $(x+2)$
Then according to question
$x^{2}+(x+1)(x+2)=46$
$x^{2}+x^{2}+3 x+2=46$
$2 x^{2}+3 x+2-46=0$
$2 x^{2}+3 x-44=0$
$2 x^{2}+3 x-44=0$
$2 x^{2}-8 x+11 x-44=0$
$2 x(x-4)+11(x-4)=0$
$(x-4)(2 x+11)=0$
$(x-4)=0$
$x=4$
Or
$(2 x+11)=0$
$x=\frac{-11}{2}$
Since, x being a positive number, so x cannot be negative.
Therefore,
When $x=4$ then other positive integer
$x+1=4+1$
$=5$
And
$x+2=4+2$
$=6$
Thus, three consecutive positive integer be $4,5,6$