SOLUTION: please help me solve: two consecutive integers such that five times the smaller is four times the larger

SOLUTION: please help me solve: two consecutive integers such that five times the smaller is four times the larger

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Question 868750: please help me solve: two consecutive integers such that five times the smaller is four times the larger
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
consecutive integers: x, (x+1)

5x = 4(x+1)
5x = 4x+4
x = 4

The integers are 4 and 5.
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