SOLUTION: one integer is 2 more than 5 times another integer. if the difference of the two integer is 26, what is the small integer? Smaller integer=

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Question 128454: one integer is 2 more than 5 times another integer. if the difference of the two integer is 26, what is the small integer? Smaller integer=
Answer by checkley71(8403) About Me  (Show Source):
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(5X+2)-X=26
5X+2-X=26
4X=26-2
4X=24
X=24/4
X=6 ANSWER FOR THE SMALLER INTEGER.
5*6+2=32=2=32 FOR THE LARGER INTEGER.
PROOF
32-6=26
26=26