document.write( "Question 180286: Word problem: Find two consecutive even integers such that the smaller integer subtracted from twice the larger gives a difference of 10. find the two even integers.
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2 CONSECUTIVE EVEN integers. that woud make the number 2 apart from each other.
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\n" ); document.write( "lets call one integer,the smaller, a and the other b. But we know that b is equal to a+2
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\n" ); document.write( "2(a+2)-a=10
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\n" ); document.write( "2a+4-a=10
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\n" ); document.write( "a=6
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\n" ); document.write( "b=a+2=8
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