SOLUTION: Find two consecutive odd numbers so that the sum of two times the smaller number and five times the larger number is 87

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Question 959953: Find two consecutive odd numbers so that the sum of two times the smaller number and five times the larger number is 87
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) About Me  (Show Source):
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consecutive odd numbers: x, (x+2)

2x + 5(x+2) = 87
2x + 5x + 10 = 87
7x + 10 = 87
7x = 77
x = 11

The integers are 11 and 13.