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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the greatest possible pair of integers such that one integer is 4 less than twice the other and their sum is at most 50. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the integers be \"x\" and \"y\".<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "EQUATIONS:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 2y -4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + y <= 50<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2y-4+y <=50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3y <=54<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y <= 18<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 2*18-4 = 32<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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