SOLUTION: The product of two consecutive even integers is 30 more than 9 times the smaller integer. What are the integers?

SOLUTION: The product of two consecutive even integers is 30 more than 9 times the smaller integer. What are the integers?

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Question 196022: The product of two consecutive even integers is 30 more than 9 times the smaller integer. What are the integers?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the smaller even integer be
The next larger even integer will be
given:

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Using quadratic formula:

(I'll ignore the negative root)

The integers are 10 and 12
check:

OK
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