Question

The sum of two consecutive odd integers is 236. What is the smaller integer?

Answer 1

The smaller integer is `117`

Explanation:

Let the two consecutive odd integers be
`x` and `x+2` as they are consecutive and odd.

Hence

#x+(x+2)=236=> 2x+2=236 => 2x=236-2 => 2x=234 => x=(234/2)=117#