SOLUTION: Find two consectuive odd integers such that when twice the second is subtracted from four times the first, the result is -6

SOLUTION: Find two consectuive odd integers such that when twice the second is subtracted from four times the first, the result is -6

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Question 280459: Find two consectuive odd integers such that when twice the second is subtracted from four times the first, the result is -6
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the first number be x
the other number will be x+2
4x-2(x+2)=-6
4x-2x-4=-6
2x=-2
x=-1
the other number is +1
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