Question

The sum of five consecutive natural numbers is 50. Find the numbers.

Answer 1

Answer:

Let n be the first number. Then (n) + (n+1) + (n+2) + (n+3) + (n+4) = 50. Combining terms, 5n + 10 = 50.

Answer 2

8+9+10+11+12=50

Step-by-step explanation:

Firstly, the question ask for 5 consecutive numbers. So, we can sort this out  

as:

n+(n+1)+(n+2)+(n+3)+(n+4)

Further simplified as:

n+n+n+n+n or 5n + 1+2+3+4 or 10

50 = 5n+10

We can subtract 10 from 50, which would leave is with the equation 40=5n.

40/5=8

Therefore, n=8.