SOLUTION: Find two consecutive even integers such that the smaller added to four times the larger gives a sum of 48.

Question 1131038: Find two consecutive even integers such that the smaller added to four times the larger gives a sum of 48.
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Let the smaller even integer be , and larger consecutive even integer would be .
if the smaller added to four times the larger gives a sum of , we have
....solve for

find second number

so, your numbers are: and

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