document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=80011>Question 80011</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> betty is thinking of two consecutive integer whose sum is 41. Let x represnt the smaller unknown integer.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a. How could you represnt the larger unknown integer in terms of x? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #57424 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=bucky><B>bucky(2189)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=bucky><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=57424\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Since the integers are consecutive, if the smaller integer is x then the next integer<BR>\n" );
document.write( "has to be one greater than x. So we can represent the two integers as x and x+1.  Since<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the sum of the two integers is 41 we can write:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x + (x + 1) = 41<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Remove the parentheses on the left side to make the equation:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x + x + 1 = 41<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Combine the two x's to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".2x + 1 = 41<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Subtract 1 from both sides to eliminate the 1 on the left side.  This results in:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x = 40<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Divide both sides by 2 to solve for x and the result is:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 40/2 = 20<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since the two integers are x and x + 1, the integers are 20 and 20 + 1 or 20 and 21.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you add 20 and 21, you find that the sum of these two consecutive integers equals 41, <BR>\n" );
document.write( "just as the problem required.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps you to understand the problem a little better ...<BR>\n" );
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