SOLUTION: Find the smallest of four consecutive even integers if twice the sum of the second and thrird ingers is equal to the sum of the first and the fourth integers increase by ten.

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: Find the smallest of four consecutive even integers if twice the sum of the second and thrird ingers is equal to the sum of the first and the fourth integers increase by ten. This question is from textbook

Found 2 solutions by josmiceli, RAY100:
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the consecutive integers from lowest to highest be
, , ,
given:

Can't be right, since it's not an integer.
Can you see an error? I can't.
Answer by RAY100(1637) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let integers be, x,,,x+2,,,x+4,,,x+6
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2[(x+2) +(x+4)] = [(x) + (x+6)] +10
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2[2x +6] = [2x +6] +10
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4x +12 = 2x +16
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2x = 4
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x=2,,,{2,,,,4,,,,6,,,,8,,,,,,,integers}
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check
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2(4+6) = (2 + 8) +10
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20 =10 +10,,,,,,ok
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