document.write( "Question 880972: Find the larger of two consecutive integers whose sum is 4 less than three times the smaller integer. \n" ); document.write( "

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$\"n\"$ = the first (smaller) integer, so
\n" ); document.write( " $\"n%2B1\"$ = the second (larger) integer;
\n" ); document.write( " $\"n%2B%28n%2B1%29=2n%2B1\"$ = the sum of the two consecutive integers;
\n" ); document.write( " $\"3n\"$ = three times the smaller integer;
\n" ); document.write( " $\"3n-4\"$ = 4 less than three times the smaller integer.
\n" ); document.write( "The problem says that
\n" ); document.write( " $\"2n%2B1=3n-4\"$
\n" ); document.write( "and that is the equation that we need to solve.
\n" ); document.write( " $\"2n%2B1=3n-4\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"2n%2B1%2B4=3n\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"2n%2B5=3n\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"5=3n-2n\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"5=n\"$
\n" ); document.write( "So $\"n%2B1=5%2B1=highlight%286%29\"$ .
\n" ); document.write( "The two consecutive integers are 5 and 6, and the larger one is $\"highlight%286%29\"$ . \n" ); document.write( "

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