Kate4llyannabou Kate4llyannabou

02-08-2016
Mathematics

contestada

what is the least of seven consecutive integers whose sum equals 168

Respuesta :

nobillionaireNobley nobillionaireNobley

04-08-2016

Let the numbers be x, x + 1, x + 2, x + 3, x + 4, x + 5, x + 6: then
x + x + 1 + x + 2 + x + 3 + x + 4 + x + 5 + x + 6 = 168
7x + 21 = 168
7x = 168 - 21 = 147
x = 147/7 = 21

Therefore, the least of the seven numbers is x = 21

Answer Link

Otras preguntas

how did Assyrian,Babylonian and Persian rulers use technology to expand and unite their empires?

If you bend a straight chain of carbons, do you make a different structure? Why or why not?

Cotton gins: Select one: a. Flattened cotton b. Cut cotton from the ground c. Removed seeds from cotton d. Planted cotton seeds

Is a baseball and cannon are dropped from the same height at the same time, which ball will hit the ground first?

what fraction of two pounds is fifty pence?

why did congress become the strongest branch of government in the 1880s?

in the song you're crashing but you're no wave who does it represent in the book to kill a mockingbird?

What became a political issue itself and further intensified the sectional conflict rather than removing the issue of slavery in the territories from politics a

what should an operator do when attempting to re-board a personal watercraft (PWC)?

if line ab is parallel to line CD,and line CD is perpendicular to line EF.what can you conlude about AB andEF