document.write( "Question 528447: Write an equation and solve. Find two consecutive odd integers whose sum is 176 \n" ); document.write( "

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Anytime you have consecutive odd or even integers, they are something, then something + 2, etc.
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\n" ); document.write( "Let x = first integer
\n" ); document.write( "Let x + 2 = second integer
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\n" ); document.write( "Given: sum of two consecutive odd integers = 176:
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\n" ); document.write( "x + (x + 2) = 176
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\n" ); document.write( "simplify:
\n" ); document.write( "2x + 2 = 176
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\n" ); document.write( "subtract 2 from both sides:
\n" ); document.write( "2x = 174
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\n" ); document.write( "divide both sides by 2:
\n" ); document.write( "x = 87, which is the 1st integer
\n" ); document.write( "x + 2 = 89, which is the 2nd integer...
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\n" ); document.write( "Always check your work (don't want a dumb arithmetic mistake):
\n" ); document.write( "87 + 89 = 176
\n" ); document.write( "176 = 176 checks
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\n" ); document.write( "QED,
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