SOLUTION: what are two consecutive odd intergers such that twice the larger, increased by the smaller, is 43

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Question 240334: what are two consecutive odd intergers such that twice the larger, increased by the smaller, is 43
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what are two consecutive odd intergers such that twice the larger, increased by the smaller, is 43
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Let x = integer
and x+2 = consecutive odd integer
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The equation then becomes:
2%28x%2B2%29%2Bx=43
Now let's solve for x to find the smaller integer.
2x%2B4%2Bx=43
3x=43-4
3x=39
Now divide by 3 on both sides.
Then add two to find the consecutive odd integer.
Once that is done, plug in these values in the original equation to check/confirm the integers make sense for the equation.
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Done! :)