document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=167536>Question 167536</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the greatest possible pair of integers such that one integer is 2 less than three times the other and the sum is less than 42 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = one integer<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and y = other integer<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 3y-2 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+y<42<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3y-2 + y < 42<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4y-2 < 42<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4y < 44<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y < 11<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If y < 11, the greatest possible value for y is 10.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 3y-2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 3(10)-2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 30-2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 28<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The two integers: 10 and 28<BR>\n" );
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