SOLUTION: Write out the expression: For two consecutive even integers, 5 times the smaller number minus twice the larger is one-fifth of the square of the larger number

SOLUTION: Write out the expression: For two consecutive even integers, 5 times the smaller number minus twice the larger is one-fifth of the square of the larger number

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Question 997807: Write out the expression: For two consecutive even integers, 5 times the smaller number minus twice the larger is one-fifth of the square of the larger number
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
consecutive even integers: x, (x+2)

5x - 2(x+2) = 1/5 * (x+2)^2
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