SOLUTION: Please help me solve this word problem; If three times the smaller of two consecutive integers is added to four times the larger,the result is 137. find both integers.
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Question 459801: Please help me solve this word problem; If three times the smaller of two consecutive integers is added to four times the larger,the result is 137. find both integers.
thank you
Found 2 solutions by poliphob3.14, MathLover1:
Answer by poliphob3.14(115) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let's be x the smaller number and x+1 the greater. We write the equation as we read:3x+4(x+1)=137. We solve this linear equation:
3x+4x+4=137 => 7x=133 => x=19.
Answer: The smaller number is 19 and the greater is 20.
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let's the smaller of two consecutive integers be
and the larger of two consecutive integers be
three times the smaller integer is
four times the larger integer is
If added
......solve for
.......the smaller integer
.....the larger integer
check:
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