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\n" ); document.write( ": if five times the smaller of two consecutive integers is added to three times the larger, the result is 59. find the integer \n" ); document.write( "

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Let x be the smaller number;
\n" ); document.write( "x+1 is the larger number;
\n" ); document.write( "5x+3(x+1)=59
\n" ); document.write( "5x+3x+3=59
\n" ); document.write( "8x=59-3
\n" ); document.write( "8x=56
\n" ); document.write( "x=7
\n" ); document.write( "x+1=8
\n" ); document.write( "So the numbers are; 7,8
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