document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=275864>Question 275864</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> how do i find the solution for the following problem? The sum of two consecutive integers is 146. Find the numbers. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Your problem has no solution as stated.  If you have two consecutive integers, one of them must be odd and the other must be even in some order.  The sum of an even number and an odd number must be odd -- but 146 is even.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now if you meant two consecutive <i>even</i> integers, it would work out.  But that isn't what you said, and I don't want to guess.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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