Problema Solution
The apartments in Cecil's apartment are numbered consecutively on each floor. The sum of his number and his noisy next-door neighbor's number is 1713. What are the two numbers?
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Let x=the first number
x+1=the other number
Equation:
x+(x+1)=1713
2x+1=1713
2x=1713-1
2x=1712
x=1712/2
x=856
x+1=857
The two numbers are 856 and 857