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document.write( "if one half of an integer is added to one fifth the next consecutive integer
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document.write( " the sum is 17.
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document.write( "   |Multiplying thru by 10 so as all denominators = 1
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document.write( "   5x + 2(x+1) = 170
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document.write( "      7x ++2 = 170
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document.write( "          7x = 168
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document.write( "           x = 24, the smalller, the larger consecutive integer is 25
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