SOLUTION: The product of two consecutive even integers is 168. Find the integers. PLEASE HELP!

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Answer by wgunther(43) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let k be the smaller of the two integers. So k+2 is the next even integers. so

So, k is either 12 or -14. By convention, even numbers are positive. So they two integers you are looking for are 12 and 14.
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