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Algebra.Com's Answer #293599 by algebrahouse.com(1659)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! \"The sum of two consecutive integers, after you take 5 times the larger integer, is equal to 23. What are the integers?\"\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x = 1st consecutive integer \n" ); document.write( "x + 1 = 2nd consecutive integer\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x + 5(x + 1) = 23 {sum of two integers, after five times larger, is 23} \n" ); document.write( "x + 5x + 5 = 23 {used distributive property} \n" ); document.write( "6x + 5 = 23 {combined like terms} \n" ); document.write( "6x = 18 {subtracted 5 from both sides} \n" ); document.write( "x = 3 {divided both sides by 6} \n" ); document.write( "x + 1 = 4 {substituted 3, in for x, into x + 1} \r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "3 and 4 are the two consecutive integers \n" ); document.write( "www.algebrahouse.com \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |