Explanation: You can represent the smaller integer as "x" and the larger integer as "x+1". The whole equation would be x+4(x+1)=59. Then you solve the equation: x+4x+4=59 5x+4=59 5x=55 x=11 That's how one finds the smaller integer. Now plug that "x" value into "x+1" to get 12 as the larger integer.