document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=763589>Question 763589</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the two consecutive composite number whose sum is 10 and whose product is 24 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #464884 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39620)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=464884\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Not knowing at what level of study is the question intended, look at the numbers from { 1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10 }.  NONE is prime.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What combinations of two numbers give sum of 10?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1 and 9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4 and 6 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Those are all the possibilities.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Next, which combination from the ones just found give a product of 24?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Just the 4 and the 6.  <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER:  4 and 6.<BR>\n" );
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