Question

The sum of two consecutive integers is 47, how do you find the two numbers?

Answer 1

I found `23 and 24`

Explanation:

Let us call our integers:
`n`
and
`n+1`
our condition is such that:
`n+(n+1)=47`
solve for `n`:
`2n=47-1`
`n=46/2=23`
so that our integers will be:
`23 and 24`