The sum of 5 consecutive integers is 110. What are the numbers?
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Explanation:
What, in the first place, are consecutive integers?
They are numbers that come one after another with no numerical gaps. Like these:
We need to find 5 consecutive integers that add up to 110.
Let's call the first integer in the series
The next integers will be
Now remove parentheses and add like terms:
Now finish simplifying:
Since
Explanation:
Let the first number be
Other numbers will be
The numbers are
Please see below.
Explanation:
Let
The sum is
The numbers are
20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Explanation:
5 times the mean value (average) gives 110
Let the mean value be represented by
Then
divide both sides by 5
Middle number is