document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=386753>Question 386753</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If two consecutive even numbers are such that 5/6 of the reciprocal of one is <BR>\n" );
document.write( "equal to the reciprocal of the other.  Find the two even numbers.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "equal to the reciprocal of the other.  Find the two even numbers.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let the numbers be x, x+2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5/6x= 1/(x+2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "cross multiply<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5(x+2)=6x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x+10=6x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x-5x=10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=10<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "10,12 are the numbers </SPAN>\n" );
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