document.write( "Question 126331: two consecutive numbers have a sum of 71.what are the numbers?i know how to solve it but i was just wondering why when you add 1 to both sides it isn't a 1x isn't it because its not a like term?are you suppose to do that with problems like that \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "two consecutive numbers have a sum of 71.what are the numbers?i know how to solve it but i was just wondering why when you add 1 to both sides it isn't a 1x isn't it because its not a like term?
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\n" ); document.write( "Consecutive numbers are \"x\" and \"x+1\".
\n" ); document.write( "EQUATION:
\n" ); document.write( "x + x+1 = 71
\n" ); document.write( "2x+1 = 71
\n" ); document.write( "2x = 70
\n" ); document.write( "x = 35
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\n" ); document.write( "Hmmmm?
\n" ); document.write( "If you have \"x\" and you add 1 to both sides you get x+1 not 1x
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\n" ); document.write( "1x means \"one x\". It's saying \"car\"; you mean one car.
\n" ); document.write( "Similarly \"x\" means one x. The \"1\" is not needed.
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\n" ); document.write( "Cheers,
\n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( "

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