Find two consecutive integers whose sum is 113.

Which of the following equations could be used to solve the problem?

Question

Find two consecutive integers whose sum is 113.

Which of the following equations could be used to solve the problem?

anonymous · Answer

2x = 113
2x + 1 = 113
2x + 2 = 113
x^2 + 1= 113

anonymous · Answer

2x + 1 = 113

anonymous · Answer

You have two integers, you can represent the first one as x, since they are consecutive the next one is x+1. Add them together you get 2x+1, which = 113.

anonymous · Answer

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apoorvk · Answer

Well, two consecutive integers right?

so let one integer be 'x'. Since they are consecutive integers, the other integer would be 'x+1'

now their sum is '113'.

So,

x + x+1 = 113


Can you solve this^?

anonymous · Answer

56 and 57

anonymous · Answer

2x+1=113

parthkohli · Answer

Think of this like this. If there are two consecutive numbers(integers), then we'll have a number and a number one more than that.

$x, x + 1$ can be said as the numbers needed. 

We have that the sum is 113.

$ \color{Black}{\Rightarrow x + (x + 1) = 113 }$

Which can be further simplified to:

$2x + 1 = 113$ by combining the x's.

apoorvk · Answer

rather, you don't need to solve this equation here - just add the 2 'x's

you get

2x + 1 = 113.

anonymous · Answer

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