SOLUTION: The sum of two consecutive integers is at least 185. What is the smaller of the two integers?

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Question 1049358: The sum of two consecutive integers is at least 185.
What is the smaller of the two integers?
Found 3 solutions by stanbon, hussamuddin, MathTherapy:
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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The sum of two consecutive integers is at least 185.
What is the smaller of the two integers?
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1st: x
2nd: x+1
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x + x+1 >= 185
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2x >= 184
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x >= 92
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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Answer by hussamuddin(51) About Me  (Show Source):
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smaller integer is x and the bigger one is x%2B1
x%2B%28x%2B1%29%3C=185
x%2Bx%2B1%3C=185
2x%2B1%3C=185
2x%3C=185-1
2x%3C=184
x%3C=184%2F2
x%3C=92
so the smaller integer is 92.

Answer by MathTherapy(10555) About Me  (Show Source):
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The sum of two consecutive integers is at least 185.
What is the smaller of the two integers?
x+%3E=+92, so smaller integer = highlight_green%2892%29