+3453 Let's have N represent the first mystery number.
Since we need to find the next consecutive odd number, it will be two more than that number.
Here's a list of coonsecutive odd numbers starting from one: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13...etc.
Here you can see that the next consecutive odd number is two more than the last. This means the second mystery number can be written as N+2
They add up to 124, so now we can write this as an algebra problem.
N + N+2 = 124 ---Combine the N's to get 2N
2N + 2 = 124 ---Subtract 2 from both sides
2N = 122 ---Divide both sides by 2 so we get N alone
N = 61
This tells us the first mystery number...but the second one was 2 more than that. Now we add two to 61 to find the second number
61+2= 63
Now we have the two numbers. 61 and 63.
+3453 Let's have N represent the first mystery number.
Since we need to find the next consecutive odd number, it will be two more than that number.
Here's a list of coonsecutive odd numbers starting from one: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13...etc.
Here you can see that the next consecutive odd number is two more than the last. This means the second mystery number can be written as N+2
They add up to 124, so now we can write this as an algebra problem.
N + N+2 = 124 ---Combine the N's to get 2N
2N + 2 = 124 ---Subtract 2 from both sides
2N = 122 ---Divide both sides by 2 so we get N alone
N = 61
This tells us the first mystery number...but the second one was 2 more than that. Now we add two to 61 to find the second number
61+2= 63
Now we have the two numbers. 61 and 63.
