SOLUTION: The sum of two consecutive integers is thirty-one

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Question 402145: The sum of two consecutive integers is thirty-one
Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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let x, x+1 be the integers
x+x+1=31
2x+1=31
-1
2x=30
x= 15
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the numbers are 35 *& 16