Question

daphne was given a riddle to solve: the sum of two consecutive positive integers is 71. find the two possible integers.

Answer 1

35 and 36 are the 2 integers

Answer 2

x + (x+1)=71
2x+1=71
-1. -1
2x=70
/2. /2
x=35

The integers are 35 and 36