The sum of two consecutive integers is 203. What are the integers?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-30T00:59:10

$101$ and $102$

I'll use $x$ to represent the first integer and $x+1$ to represent the second integer (consecutive integers are one right after another).

$x+x+1=203$

$2x=202$

$x=101$

The two numbers are $101$ and $102$ .

Answer 2 · 2018-04-30T01:02:31

$101 and 102$

Let $n$ be the lower of the two integers.

$:.$ the higher integer must be $n+1$

We are told that their is $203$

$:. n+n+1 = 203$

$2n = 202$

$n=101$

Hence, the higher integer is $101+1 =102$

Our two consecutive integers are $101 and 102$