SOLUTION: Two consecutive positive even numbers are n and n+2. Write down an algebraic expression for the sum of their squares. Find the numbers if the sum is 165

Question 1148306: Two consecutive positive even numbers are n and n+2. Write down an algebraic expression for the sum of their squares. Find the numbers if the sum is 165
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Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Not a positive even number.
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Answer by ikleyn(52879) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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If the numbers n and (n+2) are even integer numbers, then their squares are even integer numbers, too, which implies that their sum is even integer number, bur 165 is not even integer number.

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