tricialin wrote:
Hey Bunuel, I know I'm a few years late to this but I have a general question about consecutive integers.
According to your explanation, consecutive integers are always 1 apart. However in Sackmann's Total GMAT Math, he defines 'consecutive integers' as any set of integers that are EVENLY SPACED. I'm a little confused here. What's the correct way to think about them?
Thanks!
According to your explanation, consecutive integers are always 1 apart. However in Sackmann's Total GMAT Math, he defines 'consecutive integers' as any set of integers that are EVENLY SPACED. I'm a little confused here. What's the correct way to think about them?
Thanks!
When we see "consecutive integers" it ALWAYS means integers that follow each other in order with common difference of 1: ... x-3, x-2, x-1, x, x+1, x+2, ....
For example:
-7, -6, -5 are consecutive integers.
2, 4, 6 ARE NOT consecutive integers, they are consecutive even integers.
3, 5, 7 ARE NOT consecutive integers, they are consecutive odd integers.
So, not all evenly spaced sets represent consecutive integers.