SOLUTION: If three times the smaller of two consecutive integers is added to four times the larger, the result is 137. Find the smaller integer

SOLUTION: If three times the smaller of two consecutive integers is added to four times the larger, the result is 137. Find the smaller integer

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Question 42769: If three times the smaller of two consecutive integers is added to four times the larger, the result is 137. Find the smaller integer
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the smaller be x...the larger is then x+1.
Then we have
3x + 4(x+1) = 137
3x + 4x + 4 = 137
7x + 4 = 137
7x = 133
x = 19
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