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document.write( "Let original number be N<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then NEXT CONSECUTIVE EVEN NUMBER = N + 2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4N equates to: “Multiplying a certain even number by 4”<BR>\n" );
document.write( "– 16 equates to: “then subtracting 16”<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= N + 2 equates to: “gives you the next consecutive even number”\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Putting it all together, we get: 4N - 16 = N + 2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solving this equation, we get: <BR>\n" );
document.write( "4N – N = 2 + 16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3N = 18\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "N, or original even number = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=18%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"18%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, or <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%286%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%286%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can do the check!! \r<BR>\n" );
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