document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=212016>Question 212016</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0131656422/algebrahomeworkh>Moving Straight Ahead</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> betty is thinking of two consecutive integers whose sum is 41. Let x represent the smaller unknown integer.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a. How could you represent the larger unknown integer in terms of x?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b. Write an equation showing that the sum of the two unknown integers is 41.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c. Solve your equation. What integers is Betty thinking of? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "x+(x+1)=41<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x+1=41<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x=40<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+1=21 </SPAN>\n" );
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