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Two consecutive integers have a sum of 55 find the integers

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Answer:

27, 28

Explanation:

I like to work problems like this by considering the average of the two integers. Here, it is 55/2 = 27.5. This is halfway between consecutive integers 27 and 28, which have a sum of 55.

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