SOLUTION: Find two consecutive integers such that twice the smaller number is diminished by twenty to equal the larger number. What is the sum of these numbers?

SOLUTION: Find two consecutive integers such that twice the smaller number is diminished by twenty to equal the larger number. What is the sum of these numbers?

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Question 668811: Find two consecutive integers such that twice the smaller number is diminished by twenty to equal the larger number. What is the sum of these numbers?

Answer by ReadingBoosters(3246) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x x+1
2x - 20 = x+1
2x -x = 1+20
x = 21
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Integers are and
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Their sum is 21+22 =
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