SOLUTION: What are two consecutive even integers, such that five times the smaller minus two times the large is 260?

SOLUTION: What are two consecutive even integers, such that five times the smaller minus two times the large is 260?

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Question 796541: What are two consecutive even integers, such that five times the smaller minus two times the large is 260?
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
consecutive even integers: x, (x+2)

5x - 2(x+2) = 260
5x - 2x - 4 = 260
3x = 264
x = 88

The integers are 88 and 90.
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