document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=414250>Question 414250</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> find two consecutive odd integers such that 4 times the smaller is 9 more than 3 times the larger.  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 1st consecutive odd integer<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + 2 = 2nd consecutive odd integer\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4x = 3(x + 2) + 9 {4 times smaller is 9 more than 3 times larger}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x = 3x + 6 + 9 {used distributive property}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x = 3x + 15 {combined like terms}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 15 {subtracted 3x from both sides}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + 2 = 17 {substituted 15, in for x, into x + 2}\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "15 and 17 are the two consecutive odd integers<BR>\n" );
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