2007-01-29 08:17:29 · 3 answers · asked by jamaicangirl 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
What do "consecutive numbers" look like. Well, an example of 3 consecutive numbers is 1, 2, 3. Another example is 35, 36, 37. What is the same about these? Each time you add one to the first number to get the second number. The third number is then one more than the second, or another way to look at it is as two more than the first number. So the general form of consecutive numbers is n, n+1, n+2, n+3, .... and so on.
Now that we understand consecutive numbers, let's look at solving equations with one variable. For example, 3x + 5 = 26. Let's look at the steps to solving this kind of equation:
3x + 5 = 26
3x + 5 - 5 = 26 - 5 subtract 5 from both sides
3x = 21 simplify
3x/3 = 21/3 divide by sides by the number in front of the x
x = 7 simplify and now we have the answer
You need to read your text book again as I am sure they would have explained this concept to you in there.
2007-01-29 08:28:20 · answer #1 · answered by Dani 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If n is any integer, then the consecutive numbers are n-1 and n+1; you know, ...,-1,0,1,2,3,4,5,...
2007-01-29 16:25:00 · answer #2 · answered by kellenraid 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you could call it an arithmetic progression with r =1
2007-01-29 20:44:03 · answer #3 · answered by santmann2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋