SOLUTION: There are two consecutive odd numbers such that twice the smaller number plus one is ten more than the greater number. What is the smaller number?

SOLUTION: There are two consecutive odd numbers such that twice the smaller number plus one is ten more than the greater number. What is the smaller number?

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Question 463623: There are two consecutive odd numbers such that twice the smaller number plus one is ten more than the greater number. What is the smaller number?
Answer by Gogonati(855) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the smaller number be 2x+1 then the greater number will be: 2x+3.
Write the equation as we read:, solving this equation we
get:=>=>.The smaller number is:.
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