SOLUTION: Find two consecutive even intergers such that the smaller interger subtracted from twice the larger gives a difference of 10. Find the two intergers.

Question 213905: Find two consecutive even intergers such that the smaller interger subtracted from twice the larger gives a difference of 10. Find the two intergers.
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

I don't know what intergers are, so I will answer the question as if you asked about integers.

Let

represent the smaller even integer. Then the next consecutive even integer must be

. Twice the larger is then

. Subtract the smaller is a difference of 10:

Solve the equation for

to get the value of the smaller integer, and then add 2 to get the value of the larger one.

John

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