SOLUTION: Four times one odd number is 14 less than three times the next even integer. Find the integers.
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Question 979003: Four times one odd number is 14 less than three times the next even integer. Find the integers.
Answer by ikleyn(52790) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x be the unknown odd number.
Then the next even number is x+1, and we have the equality
4x = 3(x+1) - 14,
according to the condition. Solve this equation:
4x = 3x + 3 - 14,
x = -11.
Answer. x = -11.
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