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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To solve this problem you must apply the proccedure shown below:

1. You have the following informatioon given in the problem above:

- <span>Five times the smaller of two consecutive numbers is added to 3 times the bigger.
- The result is 579.

2. Keeping this on mind, you have the following equation:

x: the smaller number.

5x+3(x+1)=579

3. You must solve for x to calcualte the value of the smaller integer:

5x+3x+3=579
8x+3=579
8x=579-3
x=576/8
x=72

The answer is: 72
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