document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1018609>Question 1018609</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">  Find two consecutive integers such that the larger is nine more than twice the smaller  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Answer: \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x be your first integer.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then x + 1 will be the next consecutive integer.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Create the equation given in the original problem...\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(x+1) = 2x + 9\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for x...\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x + 1 = 2x + 9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1 = x + 9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = -8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If x = -8, then (x+1) = -7.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore the two consecutive integers you are looking for are -8 and -7. </SPAN>\n" );
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