SOLUTION: find two consecutive odd integers whose sum is 116.

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Question 18226: find two consecutive odd integers whose sum is 116.
Answer by Kuroinu(8) About Me  (Show Source):
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Set the first number a variable, such as "x". Then, since these are consecutive odd integers, the next number would be 2 greater, or x+2. Now, you would set it up into an equation. x+(x+2)=116. Simplify that to 2x+2=116, subtract 2 from both sides to get 2x=114, and then divide both sides by 2 to get x=57. That would be the first integer, so the second would then be 59. So there's your answer: The two consecutive odd integers are 57 and 59. You can check that by adding them together to make sure that the sum is 116, which it is. Hope that helped so you can do these types of problems in the future.