Question:
Two number differ by 3 and their product is 504. Find the numbers.
Solution:
Let two required numbers be $x$ and $(x+3)$
Then according to question
$x(x+3)=504$
$x^{2}+3 x-504=0$
$x^{2}+24 x-21 x-504=0$
$x(x+24)-21(x+24)=0$
$(x+24)(x-21)=0$
$(x+24)=0$
$x=-24$
Or
$(x-21)=0$
$x=21$
Since, x being a number,
Therefore,
When $x=-24$ then
$x+3=-24+3$
$=-21$
And when $x=21$ then
$x+3=21+3$
$=24$
Thus, two consecutive number be either 21,24 or $-21,-24$