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Given two consecutive integers whose sum is 45, find the smaller of the two integers.

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Answer:

22

Explanation:

Let x represent the smaller integer. Then x+1 is the larger. Their sum is ...

x +(x+1) = 45

2x = 44 . . . . . subtract 1

x = 22 . . . . . divide by 2

The smaller of the two integers is 22.

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