SOLUTION: Solve the following word problems. Be sure to label the unknowns and to show the equation you use for the solution. Number problem. The sum of two consecutive integers is 145.

Question 85695: Solve the following word problems. Be sure to label the unknowns and to show the equation you use for the solution.
Number problem. The sum of two consecutive integers is 145. Find the two integers.
Answer by checkley75(3666) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
LET X BE THE FIRST NUMBER & (X=1) THE NEXT CONSECUTIVE NUMBER.
X+(X+1)=145
2X+1=145
2X=145-1
2X=144
X=144/2
X=72 FIRST NUMBER.
72+1=73 THE SECOND NUMBER.
PROOF
72+73=145
145=145

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