document.write( "Question 445230: find two consecutive even integers whose product is 80 \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "Let's have x be one even integer and (x+2) be the next. Now we can make and equation as:
\n" ); document.write( "x(x+2)=80
\n" ); document.write( "Expand out and subtract 80 from both sides to get:
\n" ); document.write( "x^2+2x-80=0
\n" ); document.write( "Factor this:
\n" ); document.write( "(x-8)(x+10)=0
\n" ); document.write( "Solve for x:
\n" ); document.write( "x=8
\n" ); document.write( "x=-10
\n" ); document.write( "Two answers: 8 &10
\n" ); document.write( "or -10 &-8
\n" ); document.write( "There we go.
\n" ); document.write( "Make sense?
\n" ); document.write( "RJ
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