document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=191317>Question 191317</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The sum of mulptiplicative inverse of two positive even integers is 5/12.find the integers . </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "However, I assumed that it was supposed to read the following: <BR>\n" );
document.write( "“The sum of the multiplicative inverse of two positive CONSECUTIVE even integers is 5/12.find the integers.”\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "From this assumption, let the first even integer be x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then the following consecutive even integer will be x  +  2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since the assumption is that the sum of the multiplicative inverse of these 2 numbers is 5/12, then <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2Fx++%2B+1%2F%28x+%2B+2%29+=+5%2F12 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2Fx++%2B+1%2F%28x+%2B+2%29+=+5%2F12\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then, 12x + 24 + 12x  =  5x(x + 2)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5x%5E2+-+14x+-++24++=++0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5x%5E2+-+14x+-++24++=++0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5x%5E2+-+20x+%2B+6x++-++24++=++0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5x%5E2+-+20x+%2B+6x++-++24++=++0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5x(x – 4) + 6(x – 4) = 0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(5x + 6)(x – 4) = 0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since 5x + 6 = 0 will produce a decimal, we eliminate this x-value as it was given that the 2 numbers are INTEGERS, or whole numbers. Therefore, the first even integer is 4, which makes the second even integer, 6. <BR>\n" );
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