SOLUTION: find two consecutive even integers SUCH THAT THREE TIMES THE FIRST EQUALS TWICE THE SECOND.

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Question 516558: find two consecutive even integers SUCH THAT THREE TIMES THE FIRST EQUALS TWICE THE SECOND.
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Let represent the first integer. Then the next consecutive even integer must be .



Solve for , then calculate

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