SOLUTION: one interger is 3 more than twice another interger. If sum of the two intergers is 36, what is the smaller interger?

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Question 348049: one interger is 3 more than twice another interger. If sum of the two intergers is 36, what is the smaller interger?
Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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x= first integer
2x+3 is the other integer
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x+2x+3=36
3x+3=36
3x=36-3
3x=33
/3
x=11 first integer
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2*11+3
=25 is the other integer