SOLUTION: Find two consecutive natural numbers whose sum is 63?

SOLUTION: Find two consecutive natural numbers whose sum is 63?

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Question 979564: Find two consecutive natural numbers whose sum is 63?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39627) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You can do this without "algebra".

You want two numbers, consecutive whole numbers; TWO of them.

Divide 63 by 2;
you get 31.5.
This is non-whole, so take the whole part which is 31.
The next number would be 32;

Do you really want to do this using algebra?

so the consecutive number is .
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