SOLUTION: Hi please help me solve this word problem using integers. The sum of two integers is 36. The greater integer is equal to two times the smaller integer minus 3. What are the two i

Question 622542: Hi please help me solve this word problem using integers.
The sum of two integers is 36. The greater integer is equal to two times the smaller integer minus 3. What are the two integers?
Answer by KMST(5328) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the smaller integer be .
The greater integer is (two times the smaller integer minus 3).
The sum of those two integers is
--> --(add 3 to both sides)--> --(divide by 3 both sides) -->
So the smaller integer is 13, and the greater integer is

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