Homework Help: Math

Posted by joyce on Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at 4:58am.

If the larger of two consecutive integers is subracted from twice the smaller integer, then the result is 21. Find the integers.

Math - drwls, Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at 6:13am
Let the smaller integer be N.

2N - (N+1) = 21
N -1 = 22
N =. 11

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