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Consecutive Integers

by goelmohit2002 » Sat Oct 03, 2009 7:33 am
Hi All,

Can someone please tell what all are the consecutive integers of 3 ?

a) only 2
b) only 4
c) or both 2 and 4.

if C, then does it mean that consecutive mean we need to see in both the directions ?

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Re: Consecutive Integers

by Brent@GMATPrepNow » Sat Oct 03, 2009 10:30 am
goelmohit2002 wrote:Hi All,

Can someone please tell what all are the consecutive integers of 3 ?

a) only 2
b) only 4
c) or both 2 and 4.

if C, then does it mean that consecutive mean we need to see in both the directions ?

Thanks
Mohit
I don't think I've heard the expression "consecutive integers of 3" before (I've certainly never seen an official question use this expression). I'm not sure what it's supposed to mean. I can tell you that:
2,3 are consecutive integers
3,4 are consecutive integers
2,3,4 are consecutive integers

I don't know that answers your question.
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by goelmohit2002 » Sat Oct 03, 2009 1:05 pm
Hi Brent,

Thanks.

Basically what my doubt is....is consecutive integer of N means N +1 or it means N -1 too....

Basically do we need to think in both directions when asked for a consecutive integer of N ?

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by djkvakin » Sun Oct 04, 2009 9:48 pm
Please see the link. n-1 and n (2,3), n and n+1 (3,4) ARE consecutive integers, however n, n-1 (3,2) ARE NOT. I hope that helps.
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consecutive_integer
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