SOLUTION: You have a set of 2 consecutive odd integers. Doubling the greater integer is equal to 13 less than 3 times the lesser integer. Find the integers.

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Question 991204: You have a set of 2 consecutive odd integers. Doubling the greater integer is equal to 13 less than 3 times the lesser integer. Find the integers.
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) About Me  (Show Source):
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consecutive odd integers: x, (x+2)

2(x+2) = 3x - 13
2x + 4 = 3x - 13
17 = x

The integers are 17 and 19.