auntgurdy
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  • 19-05-2018
  • Mathematics
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Five times the smaller of two consecutive numbers is added to 3 times the bigger, the result is 579. Find the smaller integer.

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TheBreeze
TheBreeze TheBreeze
  • 19-05-2018
Here, let's represent the unknown integer with the variable "n":
5n + 3(n + 1) = 579
5n + 3n + 3 = 579
8n = 576
n = 72
The smaller integer is 72
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