Question

2 consecutive integers such that 7 times the smaller is less than 6 times the greater. What are the greatest such intergers

Answer 1

Answer:

The numbers are

22 and 23  to solve a problem like this, we need to read and define as we go. Let me explain. So we know that there are two consecutive integers. They can be

x and x+1

. Since their consecutive, one has to be 1

number higher (or lower) than the other. Ok, so first we need "seven times the larger"( 7x+1)

Next, we need to "minus three times the smaller" 7(x+1)−3x

Is equal to " 957(x+1)−3x=95

Alright! There's the equation, now we just need to solve for  x! First we are going to get everything on one side and distribute the 7=7x+7−3x−95=4x−88

Pull out a

=4(x−22)Now that we have two terms, we can set them both equal to

0 and solve.4≠0

This can never be true, lets move to the next term (x−22)=0x=

22 That's it! So your two consecutive numbers are

22