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  • 29-01-2020
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Defin was given a riddle to solve: the sum of two consecutive positive integers is 71. find the to positive integers.

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  • 29-01-2020

Answer:

The two numbers are 35 and 36.

Step-by-step explanation:

While you could do this question just by 'guess and check', the best way to do it is to divide 71 by 2, which gives 35.5. So out two numbers should be approximately equal to 35.5. So we just take the two closest: 35, and 36, which are consecutive (consecutive means 'one after the other'), and we see add to 71.

So we see that 35 and 36 is the answer.

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