document.write( "Question 669701: find two consecutive whole numbers such that the smaller number plus four times the larger number equals 39 \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "Lets have one number be x and the next be x+1. Now we can set up an equation:
\n" ); document.write( "x+4(x+1)=39
\n" ); document.write( "Expand:
\n" ); document.write( "x+4x+4=39
\n" ); document.write( "Combine and subtract 4:
\n" ); document.write( "5x=35
\n" ); document.write( "Divide by 5:
\n" ); document.write( "x=7
\n" ); document.write( "Now we know the numbers are 7 & 8
\n" ); document.write( "Make sense?
\n" ); document.write( "RJ
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