SOLUTION: The sum of two consecutive positive integers is forty-one. Find the two integers. I know the answers are 4 and 5 from the back of the book but no idea how they're coming up with th

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Question 317149: The sum of two consecutive positive integers is forty-one. Find the two integers. I know the answers are 4 and 5 from the back of the book but no idea how they're coming up with that. Thanks.
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The answers can't be 4 and 5 because 4%2B5=9 and not 41.
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Let the first number be N.
The next consecutive integer would be, N%2B1.
N%2BN%2B1=41
2N%2B1=41
2N=40
N=20
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20 and 21 are the integers.