Always Perfect

2 x 3 x 4 x 5 + 1 = 11 x 11

21 x 22 x 23 x 24 + 1 = 505 x 505

Pick your own four consecutive numbers, find their product and add one. Is your answer a perfect square?

Show that if you add 1 to the product of  any four consecutive numbers the answer is ALWAYS a perfect square.

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This problem is adapted from the NRICH task Always Perfect with permission of the University of Cambridge. All rights reserved.