Question 946455: Pls. help me solve this and give its direction on how to answer it,
The sum of five consecutive odd integers is 159. Find the integers. Found 2 solutions by Fombitz, MathLover1:Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! There is a issue with your problem setup.
Multiplying 5 by any number should give you a multiple of 5.
However 159 is not a multiple of 5.
Here's how you would set the problem up and you'll see what happens.
Since 159 is not a multiple of 5, there is no integer solution.
Please repost if you need.
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If we start with an odd number and each number in the sequence is more than the previous number then we will get consecutive integers.
Let our five consecutive integers be
if their sum is , we have:
.........here is a problem; is not a multiple of which means there is integer solution
