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  Posted by Prathyush on June 22, 2023 at 3:21 pm

  The sum of two consecutive odd numbers is 64. What are the two numbers?

  Rishi Raj replied 3 months, 1 week ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Rishi Raj

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  June 22, 2023 at 3:48 pm

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  Let one of the odd number be ‘x’ so the other consecutive odd number will be ‘x+2’.

  Now, according to question;

  x+x+2=64

  2x+2=64

  2x=62

  x=31.

  So, the two consecutive odd numbers with sum 64 are ’31’ and ’33’.

  Thank You!

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