SOLUTION: two houses on the same side of the street have house numbers that are consecutive even integers. the sum of the integers is 58. what are the two numbers?

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: two houses on the same side of the street have house numbers that are consecutive even integers. the sum of the integers is 58. what are the two numbers? This question is from textbook

Answer by ptaylor(2198) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x=one of the house numbers
Then x+2=the other house number
Now we are told that:
x+x+2=58 subtract 2 from both sides
x+x+2-2=58-2 collect like terms
2x=56 divide both sides by 2
x=28-------------------------one of the house numbers
x+2=28+2=30------------------the other house number
CK
28+30=58
58=58
Hope this helps---ptaylor
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