SOLUTION: if n+6 represent a positiveodd integer, the next larger postive odd integer is represented by?

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Question 716278: if n+6 represent a positiveodd integer, the next larger postive odd integer is represented by?




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Notice how to jump from 1 to 3 (both of which are odd), you add 2.

Also, jumping from 7 to 9 (both odd), you add 2

So the general rule is: to go from one odd number to the next odd number is you add 2.

So add 2 to n+6 to get (n+6) + (2) = n+6 + 2 = n + 8 which is your answer