document.write( "Question 560218: three times the smaller of two consecutive even integers is the same as -146 minus 4 times the larger integer. \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "Let
\n" ); document.write( "1st Interger = x+2
\n" ); document.write( "2nd Interger = x+4\r
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\n" ); document.write( "Three times the smaller of two consecutive even integers is the same as -146 minus 4 times the larger integer.
\n" ); document.write( "3(x+2)=4(x+4)-146
\n" ); document.write( "3x+6=4x+16-146
\n" ); document.write( "3x+6=4x-130
\n" ); document.write( "3x-4x=-130-6
\n" ); document.write( "-x=-136
\n" ); document.write( "Multiply by -1 both sides
\n" ); document.write( "-x(-1)=-136(-1)
\n" ); document.write( "x=136\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "1st Interger = x+2 = 136+2 = 138
\n" ); document.write( "2nd Interger = x+4 = 136+4 = 140\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "3(138)=4(140)-146
\n" ); document.write( "414=560-146
\n" ); document.write( "414=414\r
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