document.write( "Question 291: Find two consecutive even integers such that the square of the second, decreased by twice the first, is 52. \n" ); document.write( "
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Find two consecutive even integers such that the square of the second,
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document.write( "decreased by twice the first, is 52.
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document.write( "Let the smaller even integer be N. Then the next consecutive even 
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document.write( "integer to N is N+2
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document.write( ">>...the square of the second, decreased by twice the first, is 52...<<
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document.write( "Translation: (N + 2)2 - 2N = 52
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document.write( "             (N + 2)2 - 2N = 52
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document.write( "               N2 + 4N + 4 = 2N + 52
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document.write( "              N2 + 2N - 48 = 0
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document.write( "            (N + 8)(N - 6) = 0 
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document.write( "             N + 8 = 0, so N = -8
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document.write( "             N - 6 = 0, so N = 6
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document.write( "So the integers, N and N+2, are either -8 amd -6, or 6 and 8
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