document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=30798>Question 30798</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> sum of two consecutive numbers = to the difference of those two numbers. what is the two numbers? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #17516 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Fermat><B>Fermat(136)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-09.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Fermat><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Fermat><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=17516\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The two numbers are consective. This impies they are integers.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let the first number be a.  Then the second number is b=a+1.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The sum of two numbers = the differnce of those two numbers<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Hence,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a+b = b-a (b is greater than a)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "subtracting b from both sides,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = -a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "adding a to both sides,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2a = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 0<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b = 1<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a+b = 0 + 1 = 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b-a = 1 - 0 = 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "OK </SPAN>\n" );
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