Question

What are 2 consecutive odd integers whose sum is 176?

Answer 1

`87+89=176`

Explanation:

We want to find two consecutive odd numbers, `n_1,n_2` say, whose sum is `176`.

Let `n_1=n-1` and `n_2=n+1` for `ninZZ`. Then `n_1+n_2=(n+1)+(n-1)=2n=176`, so `n=176/2=88` and `n_1=87,n_2=89`.