document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=175156>Question 175156</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find two consecutive integers such that four times the larger exceeds three times the smaller by 23.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #130231 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=actuary><B>actuary(112)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-09.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=actuary><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=130231\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let x be the first integer.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the second integer is x+1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The description of the problems leads to the inequality\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4*(x+1)>3*x+23  Since x+1 is greater than x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Simplifyling, we have\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4x+4>3x+23\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4x-3x>23-4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x>19\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So x = 20 and x = 21 works </SPAN>\n" );
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