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document.write( "please help me solve this problem... find four consecutive even integers such that twice the third integer subtracted from five time the first equals 18 more than the sum of the second and the fourth odd integer\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What you wrote is contradictory. You 1st stated that the integers are even, and then you stated that they are odd. They can't be both. It's either one or the other.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the smallest integer be S<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then the 2nd is: S + 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The 3rd is: S + 4, and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The 4th is: S + 6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We therefore have: 5(S) - 2(S + 4) = (S + 2) + (S + 6) + 18\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5S - 2S - 8 = S + 2 + S + 6 + 18\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5S - 2S - 2S = 26 + 8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "S, or smallest integer = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=34 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"34\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore, the integers (even) are: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%2834%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%2834%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%2836%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%2836%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%2838%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%2838%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%2840%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%2840%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can do the check, I'm sure!!\r<BR>\n" );
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