SOLUTION: Please help me---I am not sure how to setup this problem in order to solve it. Problem: Find the greatest possible pair of numbers such that one integer is 5 more than twice the o

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Problem: Find the greatest possible pair of numbers such that one integer is 5 more than twice the other and the sum is less than 30. This question is from textbook prentice hall

Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Find the greatest possible pair of numbers such that one integer is 5 more than twice the other and the sum is less than 30.
Let x = one number
Then
(x+5) = the other number:
:
x + (x+5) < 30
2x < 30 - 5
2x < 25
x < 25/2
x < 12.5
but it has to be an integer
x = 12
:
12 and 17 are the greatest integers less than 30
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