SOLUTION: Find two consecutive natural numbers whose sum is 63?

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Question 979564: Find two consecutive natural numbers whose sum is 63?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39627) About Me  (Show Source):
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You can do this without "algebra".

You want two numbers, consecutive whole numbers; TWO of them.

Divide 63 by 2;
you get 31.5.
This is non-whole, so take the whole part which is 31.
The next number would be 32;
31%2B32=63

Do you really want to do this using algebra?
n%2B%28n%2B1%29=63
n%2Bn%2B1=63
2n=63-1
2n=62
highlight%28n=31%29 so the consecutive number is n%2B1=31%2B1=highlight%2832%29.