SOLUTION: One integer is four more than another integer. the sum of the integers is eighteen. find the integers

SOLUTION: One integer is four more than another integer. the sum of the integers is eighteen. find the integers

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Question 913199: One integer is four more than another integer. the sum of the integers is eighteen. find the integers
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x = y + 4
x + y = 18

Substitute x = y + 4 into the second equation.

x + y = 18
(y + 4) + y = 18
2y + 4 = 18
2y = 14
y = 7

The integers are x = 11 and y = 7.
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