SOLUTION: when the lesser of two consecutive integers is added to three times the greater, the result is 43. Find the integers?

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Question 271807: when the lesser of two consecutive integers is added to three times the greater, the result is 43. Find the integers?
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when the lesser of two consecutive integers is added to three times the greater, the result is 43. Find the integers?
Let x be the smaller of the integers. Then the other is x+1 and we have:
x + 3*(x+1) = 43
x + 3x + 3 = 43
4x = 40
x = 10
x+1 = 11