Question

Two consecutive integers have a sum of 159 . Find the integers.

Answer 1

what is the consecutive integer of 3?

Answer 2

Examples of consecutive integers include 2 and 3, 51 and 52, 1029 and 1030, and so on. How are the 2 numbers related to one another?
If x is the first of 2 consec. numbers, the next number can be represented by ???

Answer 3

x+(x+2)+(x+4)?

Answer 4

@mathmale ?

Answer 5

two consecutive, x and x+1

Answer 6

That. Is not right. It is not asking you for a consecutive even integer. It is simply asking you for a consecutive it ever, so try again.

Answer 7

wait, what did ou mean by x+(x+2)+(x+4)?

Answer 8

*it ever=> integer

Answer 9

N+(N+1)=159..

Answer 10

yes, thats it

Answer 11

Cool. Now solve for N.