SOLUTION: Could you please set up this word problem? So I may then solve it. If three times the smaller of two consecutive integers is added to four times the larger, the result is 116. Fin

Question 285689: Could you please set up this word problem? So I may then solve it.
If three times the smaller of two consecutive integers is added to four times the larger, the result is 116. Find the smaller integer. please use x as your variable.
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
two consecutive integers
two numbers one after the other
x and x+1
the smaller is x
3x+4*(x+1)=116
If three times 3x the smaller of two consecutive integers is added + to four times the larger 4(x+1), the result = is 116.

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