Question

The sum of two consecutive odd integers is 244. What is the smaller integer?

119
125
123
121

Answer 1

two consecutive odd integers can be written as
x-1 and x+1

So,

(x-1)+(x+1)=244

Answer 2

solve for x, and then the value of "x-1" is going to be your smaller integer

Answer 3

or you can just divide by 2, and subtract 1.

Answer 4

yeah if you do that you should get your answer