SOLUTION: The sum of two integers is twenty-two. Seven times the smaller integer is eleven more than four times the larger integer. Find the integers.

SOLUTION: The sum of two integers is twenty-two. Seven times the smaller integer is eleven more than four times the larger integer. Find the integers.

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Question 485530: The sum of two integers is twenty-two. Seven times the smaller integer is eleven more than four times the larger integer. Find the integers.
Answer by John10(297) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x be the smaller number and y is the larger number
The sum is 22: x + y = 22 (1)
7x = 11 + 4y (2)
Solve (1) and (2), you will find x and y are 9 and 13.
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