SOLUTION: Find two consecutive even integers if the smaller is two more than twice the larger.

SOLUTION: Find two consecutive even integers if the smaller is two more than twice the larger.

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Question 177409: Find two consecutive even integers if the smaller is two more than twice the larger.
Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let the even integers be a and a+2
:
a=2(a+2)+2
:
a=2a+4+2
:
-a=6
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intergers
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