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10.The sum of two consecutive whole numbers is 53.The smaller number is​

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Answered by SpaceWalker17
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ϙᴜᴇsᴛɪᴏɴ

ᴛʜᴇ sᴜᴍ ᴏғ ᴛᴡᴏ ᴄᴏɴsᴇᴄᴜᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴡʜᴏʟᴇ ɴᴜᴍʙᴇʀs ɪs 53. ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ᴛʜᴇ sᴍᴀʟʟᴇʀ ɴᴜᴍʙᴇʀ.

ɢɪᴠᴇɴ

  • sᴜᴍ ᴏғ ᴛᴡᴏ ᴄᴏɴsᴇᴄᴜᴛɪᴠᴇ ɴᴜᴍʙᴇʀs ɪs 53.

ᴛᴏ ғɪɴᴅ

  • ᴛʜᴇ sᴍᴀʟʟᴇʀ ɴᴜᴍʙᴇʀ.
  • ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ɴᴜᴍʙᴇʀ ᴀs ᴡᴇʟʟ.

ʟᴇᴛ

ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴜᴍʙᴇʀ ʙᴇ x and (x+1)

ᴀᴄᴄᴏʀᴅɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ϙᴜᴇsᴛɪᴏɴ

\bold{x +(x+1) = 53}

\bold{\implies{x +x+1= 53}}

\bold{\implies{2x+1= 53}}

\bold{\implies{2x= 53-1}}

\bold{\implies{2x= 52}}

\bold{\implies{x= \frac{52}{2}}}

\bold{\implies{x=26}}

ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴜᴍʙᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ

  • x = 26
  • x+1 = 26+1 =27

ᴛʜᴇʀᴇғᴏʀᴇ

sᴍᴀʟʟᴇʀ ɴᴜᴍʙᴇʀ =26

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