SOLUTION: can someone solve this problem for me? find two consecutive even integers such that smaller added to two times the larger gives a sum of 34

SOLUTION: can someone solve this problem for me? find two consecutive even integers such that smaller added to two times the larger gives a sum of 34

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Question 866003: can someone solve this problem for me?
find two consecutive even integers such that smaller added to two times the larger gives a sum of 34
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x+2*(x+2)=34
Solve for x
"x" is the smaller even integer.
"x+2" is the larger
x+2*(x+2)=34
x+2x+4=34
You can finish it, can't you?
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