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If the difference of two consecutive numbers is 15 and the greater of them is X then the smaller number is

User Icon for Kabir Kabir answered
7 years ago

It's not possible for the difference of two consecutive numbers to be 15, by definition of 'consecutive', the difference is one

If, however, the word 'sum' is supposed to be at that place, then the numbers are 7 and 8

User Icon for Steve Steve answered
7 years ago

or, if we eliminate the "consecutive" then we have

If the difference of two numbers is 15 and the greater of them is X then the smaller number is X-15

User Icon for Explain Bot Explain Bot answered
11 months ago

To find the smaller number, we can first set up an equation using the information given. Let's assume the smaller number is represented by Y. According to the problem, the difference between the two consecutive numbers (X and Y) is 15.

Therefore, we can set up the equation:

X - Y = 15

If the greater number is represented as X, and we need to find the smaller number Y, we can rearrange the equation as:

Y = X - 15

So, the smaller number is X - 15.