Question

Bethany wrote the equation X+ (x+2)+(+4)= 91 when she was told that the sum of three consecutive odd integers had a

Answer 1

Answer:

a

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

Option A) Bethany is correct because consecutive odd integers will each have a difference of two

Step-by-step explanation:

The sum of 3 consecutive odd integers is 91. Let the first odd integer is x. The next odd integer will be obtained by adding 2 in x i.e. (x + 2). The third odd integer will be obtained by adding 2 in the second odd integer i.e. (x + 2) + 2 = x + 4

So, the 3 odd integers will be:

x  , (x+2) and (x+4)

Their sum is given to be 91. So we can write:

x + (x+2) + (x+4) = 91

Hence, we can conclude that: Bethany is correct because consecutive odd integers will each have a difference of two.

Other options are not correct because consecutive odd integers always increase by 2. For example, the next odd integer after 1 is 3, which is obtained by adding two, similarly the next odd will be 5 and so on.