document.write( "Question 953657: \"One odd number is 6 more than another odd number. The sum of the numbers is 160. What are the numbers?\" This question does not ask for consecutive odd numbers. I have tried n+n+2=160;2n=158, n=79 and n+2= 81 so adding these does give 160. However their difference is not 6. Next I tried n+n+8=160 but n=76 an even number added to 84=160 but not odd numbers which are called for. \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #582420 by macston(5194)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! n=one odd number; n-6=the other odd number \n" ); document.write( "n+(n-6)=160 \n" ); document.write( "2n=166 \n" ); document.write( "n=83 ANSWER: One odd number is 83. \n" ); document.write( "n-6=83-6=77 ANSWER 2: The other number is 77. \n" ); document.write( "CHECK: \n" ); document.write( "83+77=160 \n" ); document.write( "160=160 \n" ); document.write( "The problem did not specify consecutive, but it did specify a difference of 6 (instead of 2). \n" ); document.write( " |