SOLUTION: The sum of two consecutive positive integers is forty-one. Find the two integers. I know the answers are 4 and 5 from the back of the book but no idea how they're coming up with th

Question 317149: The sum of two consecutive positive integers is forty-one. Find the two integers. I know the answers are 4 and 5 from the back of the book but no idea how they're coming up with that. Thanks.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The answers can't be and because and not .
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Let the first number be .
The next consecutive integer would be, .

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and are the integers.
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