Question 235771
What exactly are you trying to do here?

Are you trying to solve for a specific variable?

Consecutive integers can be more generally represented by x, x +1, x + 2, 
x + 3, etc where x is any integer.

Let x = the lesser number

Let x + 1 = the greater number

2x = (x + 1) - 12

Can you solve for x now?