Answer:
18 and 19
Step-by-step explanation:
if you have two consecutive numbers, then using algebra, one unknown number is x and the other unknown consecutive number is x + 1
The equation x + x + 1 = 37
To solve this equation subtract 1 from both sides as one does in algebra.
x + x + 1 = 37 → x + x + 1 - 1 = 37 - 1
Now you have the equation x + x = 36
This can rewrite this as 2x = 36 2x means 2 times the value of x
To solve this part of the equation divide both sides by 2
2x / 2 = 36 / 2
x = 18
The next consecutive number x + 1 = 19, (18) + 1 = 19
check this by adding. 18 + 19 = 37.
