SOLUTION: Find two consecutive integers such that the sum of 2 times the frist integer and 7 times second integer is 88

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Question 117401: Find two consecutive integers such that the sum of 2 times the frist integer and 7 times second integer is 88
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First integer : N
Second integer (consecutive): N+1
2%2AN%2B7%2A%28N%2B1%29=88
2N%2B7N%2B7=88
9N%2B7=88
9N=81
N=9
The integers are 9 and 10.
Check your answer.
2%2AN%2B7%2A%28N%2B1%29=88
2%2A9%2B7%2A10=88
18%2B70=88
88=88
True statement.
Good answer.