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Given two consecutive even integers a and b, we note that b = a + 2. Therefore, we can write \"the greater of two consecutive even integers\" as a + 2. Since a is the smaller integer, then 'six less than twice the smaller' is 2*a - 6. Therefore we have the equation $\"a%2B2+=+2%2Aa+-+6\"$ which simplifies to $\"a+=+2%2Aa+-+8\"$ which further simplifies to $\"+-a+=+-8\"$ which means a = 8. a is the smaller integer, therefore 8 is your smaller integer and 10 is the consecutive even integer. Your two even integers are 8 and 10. \n" ); document.write( "

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