SOLUTION: If one half of one integer is subtracted from three-fifths of the next consecutive integer, the difference is 3. What are the two integers?
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Question 83129: If one half of one integer is subtracted from three-fifths of the next consecutive integer, the difference is 3. What are the two integers? Answer by checkley75(3666) (Show Source):
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THE ANSWERS ARE 24 & 25.
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3/5*(X+1)-1/2*X=3
(3X+3)/5-X/2=3
[2(3X+3)-5X]/10=3
(6X+6-5X)/10=3 NOW CROSS MULTIPLY
X+6=30
X=30-6
X=24 ANSWER FOR THE SMALLER INTERGER.
x+1=25 ANSWER FOR THE LARGER INTERGER.
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PROOF
3/5*(24+1)-1/2*24=3
3/5(25)-12=3
15-12=3
3=3
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