The sum of two consecutive integers is 141. Find the integers

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texaschic101 · Answer

do you know what consecutive means ?

texaschic101 · Answer

Consecutive means one right after the other.
So lets make 1 number be x, making the other number be x + 1.

so we have : 
x + (x + 1) = 141 -- combine like terms
2x + 1 = 141 -- subtract 1 from both sides
2x = 140 -- divide both sides by 2
x = 70

making x + 1 = 70 + 1 = 71

check..
70 + 71 = 141
141 = 141 (correct)

your 2 numbers are 70 and 71
any questions ?

anonymous · Answer

consecutive integers are a sequence of integers that increase by one.

texaschic101 · Answer

sorry..I kinda jumped the gun on you....well...do you understand what I did ?