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\n" ); document.write( ": find two consecutive even integers such that the smaller added to three times the larger gives a sum of 46 \n" ); document.write( "

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let the 2 integers be: x, x+1
\n" ); document.write( "x+3(x+1)=46
\n" ); document.write( "x+3x+3=46
\n" ); document.write( "4x+3=46
\n" ); document.write( "4x=43
\n" ); document.write( "x=10.75
\n" ); document.write( "there is no answer x is not an integer.
\n" ); document.write( "Check:
\n" ); document.write( "10.75+3(10.75+1)=46
\n" ); document.write( "10.75+32.25+3=46
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