SOLUTION: Find the greatest possible pair of integers such that one integer is twice the other and their sum is less than 30.
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Question 263292: Find the greatest possible pair of integers such that one integer is twice the other and their sum is less than 30. Answer by Madgen(4) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! if the first integer is x, second one is 2x;
x + 2x = 3x < 30
x < 10
so x can be 9 at most, and 2x is 18
(9,18)
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