document.write( "Question 105677: The smaller of two consecutive even intigers is one less than half of the greater. \n" ); document.write( "

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For this problem we will represent the larger number as x.
\n" ); document.write( "Therefore the smaller number is x-2.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"x-2+=+1%2F2+x+-+1\"$
\n" ); document.write( "add 2 to both sides
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x+=+1%2F2+x+%2B1\"$
\n" ); document.write( "multiply 2 to both sides
\n" ); document.write( " $\"2x+=+2%281%2F2x+%2B+1%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"2x+=+x%2B2\"$
\n" ); document.write( "subtract x from both sides
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x+=+2\"$
\n" ); document.write( "therefore the numbers are 0 & 2\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "If you take 1/2 of 2, you get 1. 1 less than 1 is 0.
\n" ); document.write( "0 and 2 are 2 consecutive even numbers.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The previous answer does is not correct as it does not solve the problem.
\n" ); document.write( "if you take 1/2 of 6 you get 3, 1 less than 3 is 2. 2 & 6 are not two consecutive even numbers. \n" ); document.write( "

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