document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1192053>Question 1192053</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Cathy and Ernie had four consecutive even integers. They found that the product of the second and fourth was 16 less than the product of -3 and the sum of the first and third. What were their integers?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Use n-2, n, n+2 and n+4<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "n*(n+4) + 16 = -3*((n-2)+(n+2))<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n^2 + 4n + 16 = -6n<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n^2 + 10n + 16  = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(n + 2)*(n + 8) = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n = -2 ----> -4, -2, 0, +2  (If zero is considered an even integer)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "n = -8 ----> -10, -8, -6, -4\r<BR>\n" );
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