document.write( "Question 459801: Please help me solve this word problem; If three times the smaller of two consecutive integers is added to four times the larger,the result is 137. find both integers.
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Algebra.Com's Answer #315314 by MathLover1(20850)\"\" \"About 
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "let's the smaller of two consecutive integers be \"x\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "and the larger of two consecutive integers be \"x%2B1\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "three times the smaller integer is \"3x\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "four times the larger integer is \"4%28x%2B1%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"3x%2B4%28x%2B1%29=137\"......solve for \"x\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"3x%2B4x%2B4=137\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"7x=137-4\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"7x=133\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x=133%2F7\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x=19\".......the smaller integer\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x%2B1=19%2B1=20\".....the larger integer\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"3x%2B4%28x%2B1%29=137\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"3%2A19%2B4%2819%2B1%29=137\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"57%2B80=137\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"137=137\"\r
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