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Question 945731: Twice the sum of two consecutive even numbers is 52.find the numbers.
Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Twice the sum of two consecutive even numbers is .
We can do this by letting the first number be instead of . What would the next consecutive even number be? Be careful. is not even.
So, our next numbers would be ,.
Similarly, consecutive odd numbers would be of the form , , etc.

Twice the sum of two consecutive even numbers, and is :
....solve for







so,
the first even number is =>=>
the second even number is =>=>

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