SOLUTION: how do you write "the sum of two consecutive integers" as an algebraic expression?

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Question 485728: how do you write "the sum of two consecutive integers" as an algebraic expression?
Answer by richard1234(5390) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let x and x+1 be the two consecutive integers. Then their sum is x + (x+1) = 2x + 1.