10.The sum of two consecutive whole numbers is 53.The smaller number is
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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
ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴜᴍʙᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ
- x = 26
- x+1 = 26+1 =27
ᴛʜᴇʀᴇғᴏʀᴇ
sᴍᴀʟʟᴇʀ ɴᴜᴍʙᴇʀ =26
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