document.write( "Question 241491: FIND Two consecutive integers such that half the smaller plus three times the larger is -32 \n" ); document.write( "

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Let x & x+1 be the 2 integers.
\n" ); document.write( "x/2+3(x+1)=-32
\n" ); document.write( "x/2+3x+3=-32
\n" ); document.write( "x/2+3x=-32-3
\n" ); document.write( "x/2+3x=-35
\n" ); document.write( "3.5x=-35
\n" ); document.write( "x=-35/3.5
\n" ); document.write( "x=-10 ans for the smaller integer.
\n" ); document.write( "-10+1=9 ans. for the larger integer.
\n" ); document.write( "Proof:
\n" ); document.write( "-10/2+3*9=-32
\n" ); document.write( "-5-27=-32
\n" ); document.write( "-32=-32 \n" ); document.write( "

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